Active July 1958 - Present Allegiance Royal Air Force Role Training | Country United Kingdom Branch Air Cadet Organisation Garrison/HQ RAF Wittering | |
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No. 5 Air Experience Flight (5 AEF) is one of twelve Air Experience Flights (AEFs) run by the Air Cadet Organisation of the Royal Air Force. The primary purpose of the AEF organisation is to provide air experience to members of the Air Training Corps, Combined Cadet Force (RAF) Section and occasionally, the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets and the Air Scouts.
History
No. 5 AEF was formed during July 1958 at Cambridge Airport in Cambridgeshire, equipped with de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 aircraft.
It later moved to RAF Swanton Morley but shortly afterwards it moved back to Cambridge it then moved to RAF Wyton and in 2014 it moved to its present home at RAF Wittering operating the Grob Tutor T.1.
References
No. 5 Air Experience Flight RAF Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA