208 (North Leeds) Air Training Corps

05/10/2026

🎉🎉Congratulations to Tutor Flight on your Graduation🎉🎉

On Friday 2nd October we were pleased to graduate 11 cadets from Tutor Flight. These cadets joined the squadron earlier this year and not only have they completed their 1st Class classification they have also achieved other 'blue' badge qualifications.

Cadets were awarded the following qualifications.

Blue First Aid - Essential First Aid skills including CPR
Blue Leadership - Basic Leadership skills including team working and problem solving
Blue Space - Basic training on the Space Syllabus including orbits.
First Class - 1st level of training for all cadets, covering Map Reading, Basic Radio, Initial Expedition Training, Uniform care, Drill and Airmanship.

While doing their basic training these cadets undertook some practical training in Paddlesports and Map Reading / Walking on parade nights to give them a fully rounded experience.

Congratulations and welcome to the squadron - your journey has only just begun.



North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
South & West Yorkshire Wing
Air Cadet Charity
Commandant Air Cadets

04/10/2026

Last week cadets took on a challenge to design and build a set of scales using MTa kits. STEM is part of our syllabus along with team work and communications.

Well done to both teams completing the challenge.



South & West Yorkshire Wing
North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
MTa Learning

25/09/2026

Congratulations to our very own CI Kitching.

A very well deserved award for all you do for the cadets.

🎉 Congratulations to CI D.Kitching!

We are delighted to celebrate Mr Dale Kitching, 208 (North Leeds) Squadron, on being officially awarded a West Yorkshire Lord-Lieutenant’s Award, recognising his outstanding contribution and service to the Royal Air Force Air Cadets.

The HM Lord-Lieutenant’s Awards are a prestigious form of recognition, celebrating individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and made a real difference through their service. As the Lord-Lieutenant represents His Majesty The King in West Yorkshire, this award is a particularly meaningful acknowledgement of Mr Kitching’s contribution to both South & West Yorkshire Wing and the Corps as a whole.

This is a significant recognition of Mr Kitching’s dedication, commitment and the positive impact he has made through his service.

A very well-deserved congratulations, CI Kitching! 👏



North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets

RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
208 (North Leeds) Air Training Corps

11/09/2026

Last Friday saw the squadron have a visit from Wing Staff as part of our Annual Formal inspection. While Sqn Ldr Emms was visiting he presented Blue Space and Blue leadership.

Well done to all who took part and were successful in they PTS training.

RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
South & West Yorkshire Wing

03/09/2026

Tuesday night the cadets were playing as an ensemble. Something different for the cadets to take part in. A great start for next year's wing training day.

North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
South & West Yorkshire Wing
Commandant Air Cadets
Air Cadet Charity

20/08/2026

Whatever your results we are proud of you all. Onwards and upwards to College - Apprenticeship - or wherever you are continuing your studies.

18/08/2026

Round up of Jnr's Day 2 on NASC.

Learning about Satellite Communications via presentations - appearing on a slow scan TV image from a mini satellite cube - checking out the catering facilities provided by 3 Mobile Catering but of course we needed cake mid afternoon.

Day 3 Jnr is going to the space centre with a cadet for a day out so let's see what he gets up to.....

2 Flying Training School
North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
Air Cadet Charity
South & West Yorkshire Wing

17/08/2026

Geoffrey Jnr - day one NASC 2026 underway - on the Satellite Communications module - helping build weather satellite receivers - sitting on satellite receiver and of course eating sausage rolls.

2 Flying Training School
North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
Air Cadet Charity
RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
Commandant Air Cadets

15/08/2026

Geoffrey Jnr on camp at RAF Syerston helping set up and getting his photo taken by our very own Cube Sat

North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
Air Cadet Charity
2 Flying Training School
Commandant Air Cadets

10/07/2026

🚣 Paddlesports opportunities 🚣

On Tuesday this week our Tutor Flight cadets got the opportunity to try something new.

Thanks to CI Organ and CI EDI for supervising - all cadets had fun and enjoyed the experience.

South & West Yorkshire Wing
RFCA Yorkshire and The Humber
Commandant Air Cadets
North Region - Royal Air Force Air Cadets
Friends of Roundhay Park