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The '''Air Cadet Organisation''' (or ACO) is the collective name for the UK cadet forces sponsored by the [[Royal Air Force]]. The organisation is subordinate to [[No. 22 Group RAF]], with a serving RAF officer as [[Commandant Air Cadets]]. The current Commandant is [[Air Commodore]] [[Barbara Cooper (RAF officer)|Barbara Cooper]] CBE. There are approximately over 40,000 cadets and some 10,500 volunteers involved in the ACO. |
The '''Air Cadet Organisation''' (or ACO) is the collective name for the UK cadet forces sponsored by the [[Royal Air Force]]. The organisation is subordinate to [[No. 22 Group RAF]], with a serving RAF officer as [[Commandant Air Cadets]]. The current Commandant is [[Air Commodore]] [[Barbara Cooper (RAF officer)|Barbara Cooper]] CBE. There are approximately over 40,000 cadets and some 10,500 volunteers involved in the ACO. As of 2011 the ACO will use the brand name of [[Royal Air Force Air Cadets]] in advertising material and it's website. |
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Revision as of 11:44, 17 February 2011
The Air Cadet Organisation (or ACO) is the collective name for the UK cadet forces sponsored by the Royal Air Force. The organisation is subordinate to No. 22 Group RAF, with a serving RAF officer as Commandant Air Cadets. The current Commandant is Air Commodore Barbara Cooper CBE. There are approximately over 40,000 cadets and some 10,500 volunteers involved in the ACO. As of 2011 the ACO will use the brand name of Royal Air Force Air Cadets in advertising material and it's website.
Units
The ACO is made up of:
- Headquarters Air Cadets at RAF Cranwell
- 28 Volunteer Gliding Squadrons and the Air Cadets Central Gliding School
- 12 Air Experience Flights equipped with the Grob Tutor aircraft
- 2 National Air Cadet Adventure Training Centres
- 928 Air Training Corps Squadrons in the UK and overseas
- RAF contingents of the Combined Cadet Force