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Mother Nature did her best to stop us over the weekend but we still managed to fly all our 2 Welsh Wing cadets ! They had long days with very early starts to get to us but took home a nice collection for of Blue and Bronze Wings. Well done all , see you again soon .

16 enthusiastic Air Cadets from 2 Welsh Wing on Camp at RAF Cosford came flying with us today in the sunshine. 8AEF is working hard for the ACO in this lovely summer weather , we flew over 300 Air Cadets in July !

Congratulations to Cadets Wilkes (Bronze) , Hall and McLachlan (Blue) seen here receiving their cadet wings at 8AEF from Flt Lt Micah Phillips.

Fabulous day at 8AEF today , weather not great but we made the most of it. West Mercian Cadets obtained 6 Blue and 2 Bronze Wings and a special thank you and goodbye to CI Val Hicken as he retires from the ACO .

Today, after 47 years of flying military aircraft, Flt Lt (Gp Capt (Rtd)) Andy Young retires from flying the Air Cadets of the Air Cadet Organisation. Andy first flew with the UAS of Aberdeen University in... facebook.com/23196695355055…

8AEF Welcomed cadets from West Mercian Wing today. They achieved 4 Bronze Wings , well done to Cpl Shakespeare, Cpl Mills , Cpl Haley and Cdt Morgan.

8 AEF was delighted to throw open its doors to 18 Adult Staff members from the Wings we provide a service too. The weather programmed ground school for the morning unfortunately . However our staff pilots were... facebook.com/23196695355055…

Well Done to Cpl Pennington (63Sqn), Cpl Pratley (63Sqn), Cadet Hunt (333Sqn) seen here receiving their Bronze Wings from Flt Lt James Archer at 8 AEF.

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10 April. Weather looks really poor today with a slow moving front bringing rain and low cloud from the South. Probably no flying today so please contact8 AEF before travelling. This is the Shawbury forecast and decode.... facebook.com/no8aef/posts/1…

11 April Flying at 8AEF. Forecast is poor in the morning but becoming fit to fly around lunchtime. If you are planning to come to 8AEF tomorrow aim to arrive around 1030 and avoid the rush hour!

11 April. No chance of cadet flying at 8 AEF today as the wx is worse then was forecast yesterday. We need to catch a break. It’s been awful recently.

12 April. Again there will be no cadet flying at 8 AEF on the 12th April due to the continuing poor weather. I may start casting spells in order to obtain an improvement.

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8 AEF must have achieved a first today when Triplets - Cadets Rhea, Anya, Serena Kainth of 2515 (Penkridge) Sqn- all flew at the same time. Pictured here with their parents and one of 8AEF’s staff pilot’s -Flt Lt Simon Dobb.

8 AEF flew the RAF 100 Baton today as part of the celebration of the RAF’s 100th anniversary! Cadet Matthew Ames of 561 Sqn Aberystwyth and Flt Lt Rob Lewis got the baton airborne before it departed to Wales on the next part of its relay. #raf100batonrelay

Cadets Griffiths and Davies of 3 No3 Welsh Wing - Royal Air Force Air Cadets receiving their Bronze Wings from Flt Lt Simon Dobb at 8 AEF yesterday.

Please support 8AEF’s participation in #dambustersmiles. Members of 8 AEF will be walking around RAF Cosford airfield for the period the Lancasters of Operation Chastise were airborne in the night of the 16 May 1943. (The... justgiving.com/fundraising/da…

A big thanks to all the 8 AEF team who circulated the Airfield between 2130 and 0630 on the 16th May as part of the Dambusters Miles event. We walked well over 200 miles representing the crews of Lancaster’s F for... facebook.com/no8aef/posts/1…

The fabulous weather allowed 24 Air cadets from Staffs Wing to take to the Shropshire skies today . Two pairs of Bronze Wings were awarded , one to our new FSC FS Rafiq and the other presented by our newly promoted Holding Officer Lt D Goldman RN .