Commandant Air Cadets is the title given to the Royal Air Force Officer who is responsible for running the Air Cadet Organisation. The current Commandant Air Cadets is Air Commodore David Harrison. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Air Cadet Organisation (or ACO) is the collective name for the UK cadet forces sponsored by the Royal Air Force. ...
Previously known as Commandant ATC, the appointment is now held by an RAFAir Commodore and is based at Headquarters Air Cadets (HQAC) at the RAF College Cranwell. Prior to the establishment of HQAC as an independent unit, the post of Commandant ATC was held be the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Reserve, Home and finally Flying Training Command. HQAC was formed 1 May 1960 within Flying Training Command. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... An Air Commodoress sleeve/shoulder insignia Air Commodore is the fourth most senior rank active in the Royal Air Force today, after the deactivation of Marshal of the Royal Air Force as a substantive rank in peacetime during defence cuts of the 1990s. ... Commander-in-Chief is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ...
Commandant Air Cadets sits on the Management Board of the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency and is responsible to the Air Officer Commanding Training Group/Chief Executive TG. The Commandant is responsible for over 900 units of the Air Training Corps, CCF (RAF) Sections and the nationwide network of Volunteer Gliding Squadrons. The Training Group of the Royal Air Force is the group that controls the stations of Personnel and Training Command. ... The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. ...
Until 24 March 2003, the Commandant Air Cadets also held the role of Air Officer Commanding Air Cadets. This role has now been absorbed into the role of Air Officer Commanding Training Group. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Air Officer Commanding Training Group is the appointment held by the Royal Air Force Officer responsible for the Training Group Defence Agency. ...
AOC Air Cadets & Commandant ATC 1941 - 2003
5 Feb 1941 Air Commodore Sir John Chamier (Ret'd)
1 Feb 1944 Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage (Ret'd)
1946 - 1960 Appointments held by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Reserve / Home / Flying Training Command.
1962 Air Commodore A G Dudgeon
14 Sep 1962 Air Commodore J B Coward
23 Jun 1966 Air Commodore E J Morris
18 Jun 1968 Air Commodore J N Stacey
17 Jul 1971 Air Commodore P O V Green
13 Oct 1973 Air Commodore T H Blackham
13 Jun 1977 Air Commodore M J E Swiney
15 Dec 1979 Air Commodore K J Goodwin
17 Apr 1982 Air Commodore P V Mayall
6 Jan 1986 Air Commodore P P W Taylor
5 Jan 1987 Air Commodore P G Naz
23 Apr 1993 Air Commodore P M Stean
12 Jan 1996 Air Commodore J A F Ford
1999? Air Commodore John Kennedy
3 May 2002 Air Commodore Jon Chitty
Commander-in-Chief is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ...