•The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a

British volunteer-military youth

organisation. They are sponsored by
the Ministry of Defence and the Royal
Air Force. The majority of staff are
volunteers, and some are paid for full-
time work – including Commandant Air
Cadets, a Full Term Reserve Service
RAF officer. Although many ATC cadets
go on to join the RAF or other services,
the ATC is not a recruiting organisation
for its parent service.
• On 5 February 1941, the Air Training Corps
(ATC) was officially established, with King
George VI agreeing to be the Air
Commodore-in-Chief, and issuing a Royal
Warrant setting out the Corps' aims. Within
the first month of its existence, the size of
the old ADCC, now the ATC, virtually
doubled to more than 400 squadrons and
continued to grow thereafter. A new badge
was designed for the ATC and, once
approved by the King, was distributed in
August 1941. The motto ' Venture
Adventure ', devised by Air Commodore
Chamier, was adopted by the ATC and
incorporated into the badge.
•The Air Training Corps has three parts – the
officer and staff cadre (which comprises
uniformed and civilian instructors), the Civilian
Committee and the Chaplaincy.
•The United Kingdom is split into six regions,
each commanded by a Full-Time Reserve Group
Captain in the RAF Reserves, and having a
Regional Chairman and Regional Chaplain.
Each region is sub-divided into many wings.
There were historically six wings per region,
however, as of 2013 there were 34 wings, most
named after the one or two counties of the
United Kingdom that they operate in. Wings are
further sub-divided into sectors. Within the
sectors lie squadrons, and it is the squadron that
is the focal point for the majority of members of
the Corps.
• Activities include sport, adventure training (such
as walking and paddle-sports), ceremonial drill,
rifle shooting, field craft, powered aircraft, glider
flying, and other outdoor activities, as well as
classification training leading up to a BTEC in
Aviation Studies. Week-long trips to RAF
stations, or camps offering adventure training or
music, allow the opportunity for cadets to gain a
taste of military life and often some flying
experience in RAF gliders and RAF training
aircraft such as the Grob Tutor.
• There are also opportunities for band music and
many camps offer teenagers the chance to
spend a week away from parents practising
fieldcraft or receiving instruction in gliding and
other outdoor pursuits. Many of these activities,
including gliding, have a well-defined scale of
achievement that a cadet can work to build up;
this includes the leadership qualities reflected in
an NCO structure.
•Aims:
 To promote and encourage among young men and women a
practical interest in aviation and the Royal Air Force (RAF).
 To provide training which will be useful in both the Armed
Forces and civilian life.
 To foster a spirit of adventure and to develop the qualities of
leadership and good citizenship.
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