Welcome to 2402 (Burghfield) Squadron Air Cadets Website.
Thinking of joining? - Our Next Recruitment Evening will be Monday 16th Jan 2012

How to Join 2402 (Burghfield) Squadron

If you're thinking of joining the Air Cadets you'll be more than welcome and we'll help you all the way through your Air Training Corps life. You'll make new friends, learn and do lots of cool stuff such as flying, shooting, camps, orienteering, first aid not mention the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, sports and much much more.

So, what do you need to know. Well firstly you must between 13 years and 17 years old to join although you can remain a member until you are 20. After an introductory period of three months you'll be enrolled as a junior cadet and within six months you should have gained enough knowledge and done enough activities to become a 1st Class cadet - the first classification within the Air Training Corps.

Here at Burghfield we have three intake times throughout the year. This ensures that you'll be joining within a group and go through your 1st Class training together as a group. These intake times do vary slightly but are generally around January, May and September. Drop us an email or give us a call to check when our next intake is. If you have just missed an intake get in touch anyway and register your details with us so we can keep you informed as to the next date.

The first time you come and meet with us will be at an introduction evening and you're more than welcome to bring along a parent or two - there's a few bits and pieces we have to tell them too! At this first meeting we'll answer any questions that you might have and give you a brief insight into some of the things you'll be doing as a member of 2402 (Burghfield Squadron).

We hope after reading this you're now going to come and meet us and join the cadets so we look forward to meeting you soon.