Page 16 - Cadet Review Summer 2019

HSY ACF
Army Cadets and Royal Air Force Air Cadets
join forces for a weekend
by SSI Zara Thorpe
Bridlington Detachment and 252 Squadron (Royal Air Force Air Cadets) have always had a good relationship, working together to gain invaluable experiences for cadets.
Recently Bridlington Detachment hosted 252 Sqn with a Skill at Arms training and Shooting package, putting the cadets through their paces to achieve their basic, marksmanship and advanced marks- manship qualifications. With some one on one coaching from the adult team, the weekend produced some crack shots and some very smiley faces.
In return, 252 Sqn hosted a flight simulator experience for cadets and adults to test their piloting skills!
Flight Sgt Chris Johnson set a challenge of Taking off from ‘RAF Bridlington’, down the coast, up
the River Humber and under the Humber Bridge. Thankfully the simulation was set to novice and with a few skips up the river we did have some success. Alongside this, Bridlington Detachment hosted Humberside and South Yorkshire’s first Cadet Radio User (CRU) course on the new Mercury system.
14 cadets from both Bridlington and Driffield Detachments attended the session. All of the cadets loved getting hands on with the new CIS equipment and now can’t wait to be able to use it in the field to help improve their fieldcraft experience.
Bridlington Detachment Commander SSI Zara Thorpe said: ‘It’s been a fantastic training session with lots taking place, giving the cadets a great experience, and some great training results. Well done to those who passed their Skill at Arms and Shooting and those who passed Radio User; you all did very well. SSI Thorpe went on to say ‘it’s great working with other detachments and cadet organisations as it brings a wealth of knowledge and experience together to help the cadets develop and learn.
We look forward to working with the RAFAC again soon.
Cadet Matthew Bonnett
Getting to grips with the
flight simulator
the weekend produced some crack shots and some very smiley faces
receiving his Radio badge
Cadets Scott Jordan and
James Saxton putting
the new equipment
to the test
L/Cpl Oscar Green trying
out the equipment
16 CADET REVIEW SUMMER 2019