817 Lisburn Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets

817 Lisburn Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets RAFAC is a voluntary military youth organisation sponsored by the Royal Air Force. Open to ages 12-17 Welcome to our public page.

We are 817 (Lisburn) Squadron, the Lisburn branch of the RAF Air Cadets! We are a bunch of like-minded individuals with a keen interest in the Royal Air Force, uniform, discipline and young people. We love seeing young people grab all opportunities they can to do something different! Are you up for fun, adventure, incredible experiences and making new friends? Then welcome to the Air Cadets! Come,

join us and see what we get up to! We recruit all year round so come on ahead. Cadets must be 12 years old AND in year 9 at a minimum up to the age of 17.5 years to join. For adult volunteers, you can come and join us from the age of 20. If there's something you want to see on the page, please PM us or leave a message and we'll certainly update you and/or look into it. Please note our staff are uniformed volunteers that run our squadron, activities AND also this page in their own free time, we do all have full time roles as well, so please allow a reasonable amount of time for us to get back to you - we check the page regularly and do update everyone as soon as we can! If your query is urgent please contact [email protected]

Happy Mother's day to our fabulous Mum's and those that are like Mum's to us. Thank you for all you do for our cadets an...
15/03/2026

Happy Mother's day to our fabulous Mum's and those that are like Mum's to us. Thank you for all you do for our cadets and the support you give us. We hope you have a quacking day and get spoilt rotten, from all at 817. RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

Last night we were joined by Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC who was conducting our Annual F...
13/03/2026

Last night we were joined by Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC who was conducting our Annual Formal Inspection. We were also able to have 8 of our newbies presented with their brassards and badges that included EFA, and Blue Wings. Well done all especially our new OiC Fg Off Jackson on his 1st of many AFIs. RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Commandant Air Cadets

Another weekend activity and well done to Sgt McNulty who completed her Bronze Wings last weekend, along with gaining Bl...
12/03/2026

Another weekend activity and well done to Sgt McNulty who completed her Bronze Wings last weekend, along with gaining Blue Deliverer for the synthetic element of the Blue ATP syllabus to our cadets in preparation for them attending AEF. RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

A busy weekend last weekend starting with 3 cadets gaining their first steps on the Progressive Fieldcraft Training Ladd...
11/03/2026

A busy weekend last weekend starting with 3 cadets gaining their first steps on the Progressive Fieldcraft Training Ladder gaining their blue badges. Well done Cdts G.Douglas, Proctor and Smith. From what we've heard the craic was great which made the effort worth it. Thanks as always to the staff for faciliting the activity. RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

Happy International Women's Day!
08/03/2026

Happy International Women's Day!

08/03/2026

Happy International Women's Day to all our staff and cadets. Just a few of our many awesome ladies. Apologies in advance as we're sure that we have missed a few, but all our ladies are fantastic, and we are grateful that they are all 817 blazing the trail in all they do and achieve.
RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

Congratulations to Cdt Green on completing his Leading Cadet Classification and Cdt Katsande in completing his Senior Ca...
25/02/2026

Congratulations to Cdt Green on completing his Leading Cadet Classification and Cdt Katsande in completing his Senior Cadet Classification, sterling work folks, here's to the next step on the ladder. RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

On Tuesday we had 6 cadets visit 13 AEF for what was successful days flying. Well done to all the cadets and thanks to C...
19/02/2026

On Tuesday we had 6 cadets visit 13 AEF for what was successful days flying. Well done to all the cadets and thanks to CI Kerr for supervising the day. RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

On a bright, cold Sunday morning inbetween rain showers, cadets from 817 and fellow cadets from Northern Ireland Wing Ro...
16/02/2026

On a bright, cold Sunday morning inbetween rain showers, cadets from 817 and fellow cadets from Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets took part in the Wing Cross Country at a changed location (due to flooding), it was a very close competition with 3 golds for 817 giving just enough points to gain the overall competition winners 🏆. Well done folks and thanks to the organisers and staff for all their work making the event run smoothly. RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

Last weekend the Royal Air Force Air Cadets celebrated 85 years of the foundation of Air Training Corps and what a great...
10/02/2026

Last weekend the Royal Air Force Air Cadets celebrated 85 years of the foundation of Air Training Corps and what a great weekend it was. It culminated in a celebration at St Andrews Presbyterian Church hosted on behalf of Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets by 825 Squadron Bangor. Thank you to all those involved in the organising and faciliting the events.
RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

So the Air Cadets turned 85 on Thursday 05 Feb and on Friday 06 Feb some of our awesome cadets attended the Northern Ire...
08/02/2026

So the Air Cadets turned 85 on Thursday 05 Feb and on Friday 06 Feb some of our awesome cadets attended the Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets formal and we have to say they scrubbed up well and from what we hear there was a good time had by all. Thanks to the organisers for a great night.
Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Commandant Air Cadets

A big well done to Cpls Gardner and Sesay and Cadet Bansal, who in a 1st for 817 were awarded their Bronze Space badges....
07/02/2026

A big well done to Cpls Gardner and Sesay and Cadet Bansal, who in a 1st for 817 were awarded their Bronze Space badges.

The RAF Air Cadets Bronze Space Syllabus (Exploring Space) is an intermediate training module aimed at expanding knowledge of space technology, following the completion of the Blue Space badge. It covers technical topics including satellite systems and rocket engines, serving as a stepping stone for cadets interested in becoming space instructors or pursuing aerospace careers.

Well done folks we hope you continue "to boldly go where no-one has gone before"
RAF Northern Ireland RFCA NI Scotland & Northern Ireland Region Royal Air Force Air Cadets Northern Ireland Wing Royal Air Force Air Cadets Royal Air Force Air Cadets Chris Hodges Wing Commander RAFAC - OC N Ireland Wing RAFAC Commandant Air Cadets

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