423-Elgin Sqn Air Training Corps

423-Elgin Sqn Air Training Corps 423 (Elgin) Squadron, Air Cadets meet every Monday & Friday 18:30 - 21:30 As a cadet you'll have the opportunity to do things that others only dream about.

423 (Elgin) Sqn is part of the Royal Air Force Air Cadet Organisation which encompasses both the Air Training Corps (ATC) and Combined Cadet Force (CCF). Aimed at young Men and Women between 12-19 in secondary school There are currently some 900 ATC Sqns and 200 CCF units around the UK massing together some 45000 cadets and 9000 Adult Staff. Want real flight experience? No problem. How about headi

ng out on adventurous training and camps, sometimes overseas? Normal for cadets. Competitive sports, drill, shooting, music, abseiling, engineering projects? Our list of activities is long, varied and open to all cadets. Yes it's a challenge, but that's what life's all about.

For the past 2 Fridays our cadets have been RAF Lossiemouth visiting the E Sports 🎮 & visiting the Heritage museum  on b...
22/11/2025

For the past 2 Fridays our cadets have been RAF Lossiemouth visiting the E Sports 🎮 & visiting the Heritage museum on base.

Thanks to Sqn Ldr Armitage for organising the event.

Commandant Air Cadets

My Last Post!!!!! I am Retired as of Friday Good luck 423(ELGIN) I will be watching 🤓
19/11/2025

My Last Post!!!!! I am Retired as of Friday Good luck 423(ELGIN) I will be watching 🤓

Last Night we said farewell to Squadron Leader Max Woolfson. After 23 years as an Air Cadet Adult Volunteer and over 18 ...
18/11/2025

Last Night we said farewell to Squadron Leader Max Woolfson. After 23 years as an Air Cadet Adult Volunteer and over 18 years as the Commanding Officer the time has come for him to have a well earned break.

From the many hundreds if not thousands of cadets that you have helped, mentored and guided thank you. Venture Adventure.

Over the Remembrance period cadets and staff represented the RAF Air Cadets at the Elgin Remembrance day parade. We Will...
13/11/2025

Over the Remembrance period cadets and staff represented the RAF Air Cadets at the Elgin Remembrance day parade.

We Will Remember Them.

In the run up to remembrance the cadets have been helping out with poppy collections in Asda and Tesco! They did an incr...
09/11/2025

In the run up to remembrance the cadets have been helping out with poppy collections in Asda and Tesco!

They did an incredible job with selling all of these poppies, well done for all your hard work!

🥳NEW BADGE ALERT🥳Tonight we awarded 5 badges for 3 cadets! Congratulations to the following cadets🤩Dexter Keates- First ...
24/10/2025

🥳NEW BADGE ALERT🥳

Tonight we awarded 5 badges for 3 cadets!
Congratulations to the following cadets🤩

Dexter Keates- First Class badge
Natasha Sinclair- Bronze Shot and First class badge
Leah Moors- Blue Shot and Blue wings

Some brand new badges for these three is absolutely what we like to see! Keep up the amazing work and have fun sewing 🪡

Commandant Air Cadets
Commandant Air Cadets Warrant Officer
North Scotland Wing Air Training Corps, RAFAC

🥳NEW BADGES🥳We have two new badges this week from our cadets here at 423!A first class badge for Erica Logan, which is t...
22/10/2025

🥳NEW BADGES🥳

We have two new badges this week from our cadets here at 423!
A first class badge for Erica Logan, which is the first of many with us im sure and just in time for flying today too!✈️
We had a number of cadets attend the just passed, skills week hosted at RAF Lossiemouth, and run by North Scotland Wing Air Training Corps, RAFAC William Smith worked hard during the week to attain his bronze shot🥳

Congratulations again to Cdts Logan and Smith, everyone at 423 is incredibly proud and eager to see what they do next

Commandant Air Cadets
Commandant Air Cadets Warrant Officer

NEW BADGE ALERTWe are very pleased to say that Cpl Maisie Mclennan passed her Bronze DofE! 🥳Bronze DofE is the second st...
15/10/2025

NEW BADGE ALERT

We are very pleased to say that Cpl Maisie Mclennan passed her Bronze DofE! 🥳
Bronze DofE is the second step in four through cadets. Maisie achieved her blue a little while ago and has been working hard to achieve bronze.

The whole team at 423 are so very proud of her!
Well done Maisie!

Commandant Air Cadets Warrant Officer
Commandant Air Cadets
North Scotland Wing

Last month two of our cadets, CWO Wilson and Sgt Burnett took part in a team learning arms drill and a continuity sequen...
15/10/2025

Last month two of our cadets, CWO Wilson and Sgt Burnett took part in a team learning arms drill and a continuity sequence. With thanms to WO Gardiner for teaching the arms drill and helping with the refinement of the sequence. The team went on to compete at the Scotland and Northern Ireland Competitions Day.Great result with second place especially after only two days of training. Well Done Team 423!

North Scotland Wing Air Training Corps, RAFAC

June Roundup! Want to know what 423 have been up to...well just take a look! Athletics, families day, armed forces day a...
14/07/2025

June Roundup!

Want to know what 423 have been up to...well just take a look! Athletics, families day, armed forces day and a whole lot more. 423 all set for the summer months now...new posts pending!

Come and see us at the Armed Forces day event today at the Army Reserve Centre in Elgin to find out more about our squad...
28/06/2025

Come and see us at the Armed Forces day event today at the Army Reserve Centre in Elgin to find out more about our squadron and what we do, and have a go on our flight simulators! We'd love to see you here

A night for shooting! Tonight 10 cadets were awarded with their blue air rifle shooting badge. Well done to all!
23/05/2025

A night for shooting!

Tonight 10 cadets were awarded with their blue air rifle shooting badge. Well done to all!

Address

423 (Elgin) Sqn ATC, Army Reserve Centre, Edgar Road
Elgin
IV306YQ

Opening Hours

Monday 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Friday 6:30pm - 9:30pm

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