DIRECTOR GENERAL CADETS - AIR FORCE // HAND OVER, TAKE OVER
Passing of HRH Prince Phillip - The Duke of Edinburgh KG, KT, AK
Vale John Gracie
VALE - Darryl Tessier
Now back to our roots
Our History Page
Wanted to share fantastic memories AIR CADET in the 70's
Upcoming Events
Centenary Project 2021
Aviation Museums
Liberator Restoration Australia
What our Cadets and Staff are up to
PILOT PROFILE: PART 2 – Squadron Leader Matt Doyle
PREPARING TO RETURN TO FLYING OPERATIONS: Part 1 – Warwick Glider Training Flight
PREPARING TO RETURN TO FLYING OPERATIONS: Part 2 – Balaklava Glider Training Flight
80th Anniversary Patches
GPU ROLLOUT #2 // 8WING, NT
The 2 Worst Words In Pilot Training - "Sit Down"
Letters
What are Alumni are up to
Air Commander Australia, Air Vice Marshal Joe 'Vinny' Iervasi AM, CSC visited the Aviation Heritage Museum
AUSTRALIA DAY AERIAL SALUTE - 26JAN21
Leaving the Eagle’s Nest
Words from some of our Alumni Authors
Military Parades
Feedback
Quiz
Keep in Touch // 2020 + Beyond
Back On Parade
Until February, Fly Safe
From the Editor
What a great year this is shaping up to be. Our RAAF 110 Years celebrations have made us all immensely proud to be part of the Air Force family. There have been some great tributes in the media and I am sure our Cadets and Staff are wearing their uniform with a little more pride this year. Recruiting numbers appear to support this feeling even with the reduced activities. We have lost some of our cadets and staff in this period and on behalf of our Air Cadet Alumni, I would lie to extend our gratitude for the many years of support that these Staff members have provided. We have also had a change of command at the top. DGCADETS-AF has changed. Air Commodore Gary Martin, AM, CSC handed over the DGCADETS-AF role to Air Commodore Craig Heap, CSC. I will keep my remarks short in this edition as AVM Kym Osley AM CSC (Retired), Chairman of the AAFC Foundation has summed it up very well and I recommend your reading of his comments.
As the Cadets of all three services have been back on and off an Operational Pause we still don’t have a great deal to share as to the recent Cadet activities. Paul Rosenzweig has been able to provide updates on aviation activities. Thanks Paul.I was hoping that a few of our alumni might have been able to make up for the shortage with some of their own memories. We do have an interesting story submitted by Paul Falconer-West and we would really like to see more articles from our alumni, perhaps memories of your celebrations of the RAAF 100 years or 80 years in our own Cadet organizations. Several of our alumni were disappointed that we couldn’t make it to Canberra for the great celebrations at Government House and the for the very impressive flypast. All photographs greatly accepted. You may remember we have had some discussion regarding a quiz, do we return to the quiz or not. Well, I have given the quiz a try again. Remember, there is no pressing need to read all of our newsletter, just read what you would like to read, when you would like to read it. The cost is the same. Once again totally Free.
Remember, if you like what you read in your magazine, you are most welcome to share and invite your friends who are ex Cadet or Staff members to join. If you don’t like what you are reading please tell us, AlumniDirector@aircadetsalumni.org.au We love to receive your letters. We hope that our magazine can remind you of your time in our great organization. We are always on the lookout for articles and photographs that you may like to share.
Please update your email address when you change providers Perhaps it may change when you go to NBN. We understand that you may be accessing the newsletter from the web site, but sometimes we just might like to contact you direct. In particular, those who have a Cadetnet or Defence email address may have trouble with our emails. There are still plenty of Defence email accounts in our database. You might like to check with your friends to see if they have been getting our emails. Our regular Newsletter is sent by email at 1000 on 1 November, 1 February, 1 May and 1 August. Registration is FREE and is open to all ex Cadets, ex Staff, current Staff, both uniform and civilian. We also invite our friends from likeminded organizations.
There is some great reading again and all the material is just one click away from the Contents page. We have a few stories that may remind you of your past glories and stories from some of our alumni.
If you think you have missed out on some of the earlier Alumni Newsletters, the good news is you haven’t! They are available on the Air Cadets Alumni website, www.aircadetsalumni.org.au and go to the Bulletin Board.
We need material that can be circulated to those who are no longer in touch with their old Squadron or in receipt of material from the AAFC. I am aware that the Newsletter is rather large and many readers would like me to cut back on the length. I certainly don’t anticipate that you will read the entire magazine, I know I don’t read the entire copy of The Australian, but I scan the paper and read what interests me.
We have an Interactive Contents Page. To access any article that you would be interested in, hit Control and Left Click on the Mouse and you will go direct to your selected article. You don’t need to scroll through material that doesn’t interest you.