The @AirCadets is an amazing organisation developing leadership skills, discipline & aviation knowledge in 50k+ youngsters. All led & enabled by a small team in the HQ at RAF Cranwell. It was fascinating to meet them & hear what they have achieved & their future opportunities.

Yesterday, Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets held an ATC Sunday Parade at DISC Chicksands. We had the pleasure of being joined by AVM (ret) Nicholas Kurth CBE MA MBA CEng FRAeS FRGS DL, who was our Reviewing Officer.

Today is #Worldcancerday. We know it can affect anyone at any age so get checked. Our Labrador found my wife’s cancer at stage 3-others may not be so lucky. The Royal Family have been beacons of light for all sufferers. ⁦The Prince and Princess of Wales⁩ ⁦The Royal Family⁩ ⁦Stand Up To Cancer⁩

Tonight I had the pleasure of dining with 220 (St Albans) Squadron at their dinner and awards night. We enjoyed a fabulous meal, and it was great to present trophies to the unit’s top cadets. I also got to present some medals to staff.

Tonight saw a successful Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets Swimming championship. Well done to all the medal winners, and overall champions 220 (St Albans) Squadron.

Huge congratulations to Flt Lt Tara Baker OC 955 (Stevenage) Sqn and CI Stuart New of 1166 (Welwyn Garden City) Sqn, who have been presented with The Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire’s Meritorious Service Award.

A great honour to present LL’s Meritorious Awards to 9 highly deserving Reservists, Adult Volunteers and Civilians all giving great support to Reserve and Cadets from all 3 services. ⁦East Anglia RFCA⁩ #Hertfordshire

Great to see Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets taking part in this #Hertfordshire Youth United activity.

Today I was at RAF Halton delivering training to Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets cadets on the L98A2 rifle. We also had another group of cadets live firing on the range.

Last week I had the pleasure of joining 955 (Stevenage) Squadron for their Celebration of Success evening. It was great to see a number of new cadets be enrolled by the Wing Chaplain, and also to present lots of certificates!

Today I joined my fellow OC Wings from C & E Region RAFAC, along with the Regional Commandant, SSO, RWO, and SO2 Trg Spt for a very useful catch up and meeting. We were kindly hosted at RAF Syerston by 643 AGS.

Today Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets held our Wing Field Day. Squadrons competed in Drill, Music, and Aircraft Recognition, with concurrent activities including Blue Aviation and STEM. My thanks to RWO CER for joining us, along with our guest judges from neighbouring wings.

Thanks for coming.

Out with the Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets team at C & E Region RAFAC athletics today. It’s currently overcast with a nice breeze, but all heat monitoring and mitigation processes are in place.

6th place overall, but a very commendable second place for the junior boys. It’s always tough going up against wings with up to three times as many cadets, but the team from Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets showed great spirit and came away with a decent haul of medals.

Well done to Tring Air Cadets on their victory today, and also to 2F (Watford) Sqn ATC on second place, and 936 (Hertford & Ware) Sqn on third. Pictures and details to follow soon…

Last weekend Hertfordshire Wing Air Cadets held Exercise Spartan Shield, our annual leadership competition. 21 teams (including two from our friends in Beds & Cambs Wing ) competed in a wide variety of command tasks. Well done to the winners 2457 (Tring) Sqn.

Time to renew my @stjohn_ambulance Activity First Aid qualification. 🩹🤕

30 years ago, a contingent from Herts & Bucks Wing represented the RAFAC at the 50th Anniversary of VJ Day parade in London. youtu.be/ahM8IynWcAE?si… youtube.com/live/JZhuTbxfM…

Congratulations to FS Lucy Waller of 1372 (Elstree & Borehamwood) Sqn , who was invested this evening as a The Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire’s cadet.