Another mixed blessing of ops this BH. Lost a day due to xwinds (roll on the grass runways) but awarded blue, silver wings & new G2 too! Congratsto Cpl Hobson 2247 Hawarden Air Training Corps and CGI Ollie Ankiewicz! Commandant Air Cadets 2 Flying Training School No 2 Welsh Wing

What a weekend! Gliding by at Woodvale & PTT at TernHill. 14 blue wings and 6 fam certs awarded! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS Sandbach School CCF Commandant RAF Air Cadets #632vgsontour

Great to host 63 Bridgnorth Squadron, who all gained blue wings, congratulations to Plt Off Stewart for passing his CiC and a huge shout out to Sgt Harry Ingham upon going solo! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association #632vgsontour

Windy this w/e but we flew GiFs and achieved 2 notable goals. Congratulations to FS Hogg 236 (Bollington) Sqn ATC who complete his first solo flight, & huge shout out to our own Sgt Simmonds, who achieved her G1 Pilot status, allowing her to fly passengers! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour

Huge shout out to our VGS volunteers! 🎉AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association RFCA for Wales #632vgsontour

Fantastic time supporting Cosford Airshow for Comdt 2 FTS, lots of public interest & Cdt interactions thru out the day! Great RAFAC village showcasing our latest tech and activities too! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Commandant RAF Air Cadets Royal Air Force West Midland Reserve Forces & Cadets Association RFCA for Wales #632vgsontour

Sqn has fully moved into their new HQ, hosted 60 Leek sqn, all flew, Plt Off Stewart was cleared to run cables and CGI Will Butler gained his winch operators qualification! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS 60 (Leek) Squadron RAFAC #632vgsontour

Dodged rain, hosted 24 Sqn ATC flown by our newest G1, Sgt Simmonds. We said goodbye to FSC Murray, who times out, good luck at Uni! Sunday saw some bronze planning by OC 639 AGS @TernHill and Monday 2 staff attended Syerston for RPAS updates. AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour

Huge thank you for all our reservists and CFAV’s for all your efforts!!! Happy Reservists day! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS Royal Air Force

Day 2 of our summer course at Little Rissington. GS cadets are progressing with their training, moving onto launches / landings. We flew visiting Cadets from 233/1017 Sqn, and we also achieved lots of staff flying despite boiling hot weather! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour

Day 3 of our course complete. We hosted cdts from 124 & 151 Sqns. Our GS cadets are practicing launching, landings, circuits. More staff training, with some reaching heights of 5,500 feet! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour

Day 4 complete - a cracking penultimate day to our course. GS students pushing their comfort zones with launch failures, GIFs cadets from 165/495 sqns, We’re now ready to smash out some final flying with our last day! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS RAF Air Cadets #632vgsontour

Our course came to a bittersweet end, strong winds prevented solos for our GS. Nevertheless, they enjoyed amazing soaring & made great progress with their flying. We hope they will take this experience with them in their next adventures! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour

Another hot day at Woodvale for 632, flying cadets from 1251 & 2279 Sqns. Unfortunately, high temperatures stopped flying operations, but all cadets were flown, with a bit of soaring too. AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour

Not on VGS ops normal, but staff have been out and about….PO Stewart on G2 work up at Syerston, CI Butler on assessed Gold DoE on Loch Ness and Wg Cdr France assessing Gold DoE on Isle of Skye AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS RAF Air Cadets #632vgsontour

Hosted 223 Halesowen Squadron, all flew. Staff have been busy, FS Hagan was at interservices gliding comp at Middle Wallop, PO Stewart and Sgt Simmonds conquered Ben Nevis and Wg Cdr France assisted 639AGS deliver blue PTT training for WM wing! #632vgsontour

Sqn is back from supporting NASC again this year, with staff flying cdts, leading the blue PTS and drone flying. It was great to catch up with a former FSC, Lt Zain Aslam RN, who has started his ground school at Cranwell! AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS RC Wales and West

X wind limits meant no gliding this weekend, but it was great to host Cmdt 2FTS. OC sqn and CLO were invited to M’Side wing comp to present trophies. AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour

Another lost weekend due to x wind limits, roll on the grass runways! But congratulations to CGI Butler for soloing at Forest of Bowland GC AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Comdt 2 FTS RAF Air Cadets

Sgt Simmonds participated in a wave soaring course at RAF Topcliffe. Soaring to 6400 ft, with one trip lasting 3 hrs. She aerotow for the 1st time perfecting the skill enough to go solo. She flew in 632, enjoying aerobatics too. AOC 22 Group / Cab Townsend CBE Commandant RAF Air Cadets Comdt 2 FTS #632vgsontour