2431 Keighley Squadron

14/10/2026

🎖️ BADGES, BADGES, BADGES! 🎖️

As the winter weather sets in and fieldcraft, sport and other outdoor activities become more challenging, we’re turning our focus at 2431 (Keighley) Squadron to working through cadet classifications and achieving new badges. It’s the perfect time to get those brassards filled up before Christmas! 🎄💪

Tonight, we had the pleasure of awarding cadets with the following badges and achievements:

📻 Blue Radio
🚀 Blue, Bronze & Silver Space
💻 Bronze & Silver Cyber
🎵 Blue Music
✈️ Blue Wings
🎤 Presentation Skills

A huge congratulations to all our cadets on their achievements! Every badge represents hard work, dedication and a willingness to learn new skills, and it’s fantastic to see so many of our cadets progressing. 👏

Keep an eye on our page, as we expect to be sharing plenty more badge and achievement posts over the next few months! 🏅

11/10/2026

10/10/2026

National Cadet Week – Keighley Open Day!

Today, we welcomed the Air, Sea, Marine and Army Cadets to Keighley Drill Hall for our Tri-Service National Cadet Week Open Day! 💙

It was fantastic to bring all the services together to showcase the incredible opportunities available to our cadets, including:

🩹 First Aid
⭐ Leadership
✈️ Flying
🎯 Shooting
⛵ Sailing
🛶 Kayaking
🌳 Fieldcraft
💻 Cyber
🚀 Space
🎵 Music
🥁 Drill

From adventure and teamwork to developing new skills and gaining qualifications, there really is something for everyone!

A huge thank you to everyone who came along, supported the day and helped make it such a success. It was brilliant to celebrate everything our cadet forces have to offer together, and we’re already looking forward to next year! 🙌

10/10/2026

🚨 EVER WONDERED WHAT’S INSIDE THAT GIANT BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF KEIGHLEY? 👀

Come and join us TODAY at the Drill Hall alongside Keighley Sea, Marine and Army Cadets! 🎖️

Whether you’re interested in joining as a cadet, becoming a volunteer, or you’re simply curious about what goes on behind those doors, we’d love to welcome you! 🙌

📍 Come along, have a look around and meet the teams!

Everyone welcome – we hope to see you there! 💙

09/10/2026

🏅NATIONAL CADET WEEK 🏅
Skills for life

We’re currently celebrating national cadet week with our squadron, and today’s theme is skills for life!
Within cadets we build and perfect both life and career skill sets from the ground up. Working to teach and refine broader elements such as leadership and teamwork, we build skillsets with engaging and impactful tasks such as map reading, first aid training, and radio communications to create foundational knowledge that fosters independence and collaborative growth.

09/10/2026

08/10/2026

🏅 Celebrating some fantastic achievements! 🏅

Last night we had the pleasure of awarding Blue Radio Badges to CDT Butlin and CDT Smith. 📻

Radio communications are an important skill for both cadets and RAF personnel, and achieving the Blue Radio Badge is the first step towards developing these valuable skills. 👏

We also awarded a Master Cadet Badge to FS Harrison — an incredible achievement that takes years of dedication, hard work, learning and numerous exams! 🎖️

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to all three cadets on these fantastic achievements! 👏✈️

RadioCommunications

07/10/2026

3 CADET FORCES • 1 PLACE 🇬🇧

As part of National Cadet Week, we’ll be joining forces with the Army Cadet Force & RAF Air Cadets for a Cadet Showcase at the Drill Hall! 🙌🏼

⚓ Sea Cadets
🪖 Army Cadets
✈️ Air Cadets

A chance to come along, see what each of the three cadet forces has to offer & find out what being a cadet is all about!

📍 Drill Hall
📅 Saturday 10th October between 10 am and 2 pm.

Come along & support your local cadet forces! 💙

2431 Keighley Squadron

06/10/2026

🇬🇧 NATIONAL CADET WEEK | CADETS IN THE COMMUNITY 🇬🇧

Being a cadet is about more than what happens on parade nights. It’s about serving, supporting and giving back to our community. 💙

Our Keighley cadets have been proud to support our local community through:

🇨🇦 Remembering those who served at the Canadian Air Force at the Memorial in Oakworth

❤️ Supporting the RAFA V50 charity fundraiser

🌺 Taking part in Poppy collections for Royal British Legion ahead of Remembrance Day and the Keighley Remembrance parade.

🪖 Representing the Armed Forces at Keighley Cougars’ Armed Forces Day

We’re incredibly proud of the time and effort our cadets give to supporting others and remembering those who have served before us.

Serving our community. Remembering our past. Supporting our future. 💙

29/09/2026

✈️🛩️ Up, up and away!

Our cadets have been making the most of some fantastic flying and gliding opportunities recently!

From taking to the skies in powered aircraft to experiencing the thrill of gliding, it’s been brilliant to see our cadets developing their confidence and enjoying something a little different. ☁️

A number of cadets have also been working towards — and achieving — their Blue Wings! 🔵🪽 A fantastic achievement and something to be really proud of.

There’s nothing quite like seeing the excitement on their faces after their first experience in the air! 💙