Sun 26 Mar: Wing Sports officer genuinely over the moon with the competitive effort you put in to beat many of the larger Wings and to achieve 3rd overall (out of 7 Wings). More medals for 1368 cadets competing at this higher level. Really fantastic effort achieving your Warwickshire and Birmingham Wing Blues on a cold and windy day.

... finally came in. Well done to the 17 cadets that achieved the Air Cadet Basic Swimming Proficiency for first time, plus 4 that did it for the first time. We also had 5 Intermediate first timers, and 5 second timers, and 1 that achieved Advanced (Well done to Cdt K-M!).

After extensive application and selection process, very pleased to say this week that both of our Flight Sergeants at 1368 Sqn have managed to get offers of Gliding Scholarships by undertaking various tests in a regional selection process. Fingers-crossed that they get weather that enables them to fly solo by the end of it.

Due to impending exams after Easter, six of our more senior cadets choose to undertake an early-in-season Bronze expedition in March. Aspects such as map reading, packing and cooking were right up there and they came together as a team to meet all the Expedition Section requirements for the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, a self-sufficient expedition for 2 days and 1 night. Weather was kind and the expedition assessor was very impressed by their teamwork, politeness, enthusiasm, and - quite frankly - and amazing ability to talk to each other without a single phone being present. 

Well done to the 10 cadets successfully achieved expedition walk starting and ending in Henley-in-Arden led by 2 of their cadet NCOs. Expedition walk involved field cooking on camping stoves, working out what to with a 1kg of raisins, a muddy field and an electric fence. We also tested everyone's radio procedure using the Squadron radios with long antennas. Surprisingly good range. Some fantastic map reading and teamwork, all polished off with a Henley-in-Arden Ice Cream.