Active 1 Oct 1925-present Equipment Grob Tutor G-115E | Role Training, Recruitment | |
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Garrison/HQ RAF Wittering/Cambridge Town HQ Motto(s) Doctrinam Accingimus Alis (Latin: We equip learning with wings) Identification
symbol Lion passant and guardant in front of red book with white cross | ||
Cambridge University Air Squadron, abbreviated CUAS, formed in 1925, is the training unit of the Royal Air Force at the University of Cambridge and forms part of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. It is the oldest of 14 University Air Squadrons in the UK. For many years it was based at Cambridge Airport at Teversham.
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Cambridge University Air Squadron offers basic flying training and adventure training to undergraduates and graduates and encourages members to take up a career as an officer in one of the branches of the Royal Air Force.
Student members hold the title of Officer Cadet, which carries the privileges, but not the rank, of a commissioned officer. The four senior student members of the squadron are granted commissions in the RAF Volunteer Reserve, with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer. Officer Cadets are required to attend a minimum of one training night a week during full term, usually a lecture by a guest speaker on an aspect of the Royal Air Force or another military unit. They are also expected to take part in two weeks of continuous training during the Long Vacation. There are also camps during all university vacations for sports, flying and adventure training.
CUAS is based at RAF Wittering a station which they share with the University of London Air Squadron, and is equipped with Grob Tutor T Mk 1s. Each officer cadet is offered a Summer Vacation Attachment of one week at another RAF base, seconded to an active regular unit.