Air Cadets

Royal Canadian Air Cadets (Franais: Cadets de laviation royale du Canada) is a Canadian national youth program for persons aged 12 to 18. It is administered by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and funded through the Department of National Defense (DND) with additional support from the civilian Air Cadet League of Canada (ACL). Together with the Roya... l Canadian Sea Cadets, Royal Canadian Army Cadets, and Junior Canadian Rangers under the National Cadet and Junior Canadian Rangers Support Group (Natl CJCR Sp Gp) it forms the largest federally funded youth program in the country. Cadets are not members of the military and are not obliged to join the Canadian Armed Forces. What do you do in Cadets? Each squadron trains one night per week a parade night to undertake the local training program. The course of instruction is prescribed by the Comd Natl CJCR Sp Gp and outlined in course training plans distributed to each squadron. The four-year program provides cadets instruction in citizenship, leadership, survival training, instructional techniques, drill and ceremonial and the basics of aviation and aeronautics. In the fifth and subsequent years, cadets may be assigned to instruct these classes to the younger cadets. The local training begins in September and continues until June. 110 Squadron parades on Tuesday nights from 1830 2130 hrs at Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute. Tuesday nights, however, is only the core of the program. It is the training (ie. Flying Scholarship) and the various teams, on weekends and other weeknights, that really make up all the opportunities in the program. We have many year-long teams, including a Military Band (Cant play an instrument? Well teach you!), Competition Drill Team without Arms, and a Flag Party. We also have sports teams, ground school classes (prerequisite for glider/private pilot licenses), biathlon, marksmanship, and much more. The aim of the Cadet Program is to develop in youth the attributes of good citizenship and leadership; promote physical fitness; and ...Read More