1368 Squadron is still waiting for Department of Defence Infrastructure to appoint a contractor able to fix a door soft close mechanism. It's been 4 months now with no fix and no plan. Parents have contacted the local MP Matt Weston.

1368 Sqn has been finishing off Classifications. Sgt F's been doing pilot nav for Snr/Master, CI M's finishing off Principles of Flight for Leading. Cadets' have ploughing thru 3 exams of RAFAC Learn for badges (call out if done). 0925 close to finishing First Class, apparently.  Mon 2nd half NCOs tried out the Debatable game rather than drill. Also tried a head-to-head Balloon debate. Just enough time to throw the Politicians out (although I don't think that was down to the debating skills). 7 cadets got their Blue Radio badges from course in Dec. Well done. Also well done to Cpl F on being first 1368 cadet in 2026 to achieve their instructor cadet lanyard. We expect all NCOs to achieve this so they can formally deliver training in the RAF Air Cadets' progressive training syllabus.

Well done to all the cadets and staff who turned up for today's church parade to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Corps with Commandant of the Air Cadets and other dignitaries. Special thanks to all the mid/oldies doing exams at the moment for making the effort. Some great photos, incl. some with the Air Commodore Al Lewis. OC also got some badges to give out from amazing subject matter experts in Warwickshire & Birmingham Wing who manage the progressive training syllabus areas like Radio and DofE.

Well done to FS R, the 4th of our July 25 expeditioners to bag their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award in the 2025/26 season. Similar to his beloved Ferrari F1's position in 2025 but what will 2026 bring with a new chassis? Maybe a trip to the Palace with his most favoured parent (Ooo) ?  Great effort though, esp. as he planned the exped route from scratch (most who start Gold don't finish).

Last weekend saw another six of our 1368 cadets achieve their Youth First Aid (YFA) badges. The 2 day YFA is similar to St Johns AFA but is possible for under 16's. Great to see cadets taking advantage of Wing-organised level events. We also had CI M and FS R pass the next one up, Activity First Aid (AFA) (required by NGB Adv Training qualified staff). As well as saving life knowledge, sets us in good stead for next year's Wing Competition.  In other news Cdts G and M were added to list of cadets achieving Pres Skills in last 2 weeks. Many thanks to Sgt J for delivery of training, inspiring an impressive level of presentation standard in tight timescales. No badge for this, but opens the door to other things and helps evidence Coaching, Teaching and Leadership for Volunteering section of DofE. 1368 Sqn has 43 active cadets on the books with YFA. Many thanks to Lion's and Warwick Council for historical help with First Aid equipment.

It is very rewarding to give 1368 cadets a difficult challenge and see them step up and deliver (Operation "get it done"). With cadet building still out of use, last week saw a difference with a segue into Sports with a Presentation Skills (PS) for mids alongside.  PS course is an intro course to giving effective presentations, a pre-requisite to the Wing Method-of-Instruction (MOI) course that leads to instructor lanyards (an expectation for NCOs). The 1368 "Electricity" didn't disappoint, with cadets pulling some great rabbits out of the hat, demonstrating their depth and breadth of knowledge and passion in topics such as Rubik's Cube, Vulcan, Judo, AI, Aircraft/Bases, Fishing,... Our mids are pretty smart cookies. Stunning work by all who delivered.  Cdt F did a great 1st run already on principles of flight lesson dry-run, more to come, hopefully.