The cadet experience is open to everyone, so whatever your nationality, background or ability, whether you’re male or female, if you’re between 13, or at age 12 when beginning school year 8 (England & Wales), S2 (Scotland) Yr 9 (Northern Ireland) and 17 years old you can join us.

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Beret: How to Wear • The beret is to sit horizontal on the head with the beret badge above the left eye. The band of the beret should be 25mm above the eyebrows and level all the way round the head.

You can join when you’re between 13, or 12 if you’re already in year 8 at school, and usually leave when you’re 20. The latest age you can joing is before your 17th birthday.

Will I be paid? You will be provided with all the necessary equipment for your role, including special clothing and uniform where applicable. As an officer or non-commissioned officer you can, however, claim for up to 28 days’ volunteer allowance.

Do Air Cadets receive pay? Air Cadets are not paid during the year, however Cadets have an opportunity to earn training bonuses for summer courses. In addition, some Cadets have an opportunity to work at summer training centres.

Officer ranks

• Wing Commander.
• Squadron Leader.
• Flight Lieutenant.
• Flying Officer.
• Pilot Officer.

Flying duties Aircrew-specific uniforms are officially designated as Number 14 Dress by the RAF. Aircrew on flying duties wear an olive drab flying suit in temperate regions or a khaki flying suit in desert regions.

There is only one eyesight standard for the RAF. There is no difference in eyesight standard for fast jet, transport or helicopter pilots. As Lucifer states, your vision must be 6/6 (20/20) and free of other defects (especially colour blindness) on entry to the RAF.

Royal Air Force Salary FAQs The average salary for a a Pilot is £41,073 per year in United Kingdom, which is 29% lower than the average Royal Air Force salary of £58,000 per year for this job.

British pilots do not always carry weapons but will if MPs vote for new bombing raids in Syria on Wednesday, an RAF source said. Britain will not be issuing machineguns, just the usual Glock or Browning pistol RAF pilots are trained to use.

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The RAF requires all potential pilots to have perfect 20/20 vision when they join. If you want to join and you wear glasses, you will, unfortunately, have to get corrective surgery such as laser eye surgery to achieve perfect 20/20 vision.

If you fail the medical, you can only appeal if you think the medical board has failed to take note of something, or you find additional information that you didn’t include in the first medical, but think they should review. You cannot appeal because you do not agree with their judgement.

Much like the interview, the fitness test will show how much effort you’ve put in. It’s 100% down to you if you pass or not. I will say one thing though, it was a lot easier than I expected and if I had known how easy I would find it, I wouldn’t have worried about it at all.

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‘ The RAF provide some of the best training you will ever receive, both in leadership and management but also in the ability to make sound engineering decisions even when under pressure. It’s one of the most fun jobs around in engineering, where the phrase ‘work hard, play hard’ really comes to mind.

Age Requirements The youngest age for applying is 15 years and nine months for an Airman. The oldest is 55 years for a Medical Officer. If you’re under 18 years of age, you’ll need consent from a parent or guardian before you apply.