Altitude
2497 COSFORD SQUADRON
7th March 2012
February
Enrollment Evening
A very important element
of a Cadets entry into the
Air Training Corps is their
enrollment. This is a the
time when a Cadet formally commits themselves
to the ethos of the Corps
by making the Cadet
Promise.
On Wednesday 15th
February, Canon Knowle
the Wing Padre, kindly
attended the Squadron to
spend time talking to the
Cadets about their roles
within the wider community and the responsibilities
that came with the role.
Canon Knowle discussed
the meaning of the Cadet
Promise and the importance of upholding
these qualities in all that
the Cadets do.
Prior to Final Parade, all
Cadets in attendance,
whether old or new to the
Squadron, formally recited the Promise with Canon
Knowle, with the new Cadets then having their Enrollment signed up in their
3822’s.
If any of the newer Cadets missed this evening,
don’t worry there will be
a chance to be formally
enrolled sometime later in
the year.
Shooting Development
Weekend
Over the weekend of 17th
to 19th February, a number
of Cadets from 2497
Squadron had the opportunity to develop their skills
in weapons handling on the
L98A2 and No. 8 rifles.
On the weekend the cadets
were divided into four
groups (two groups per
weapon).
The students received training on the L98A2, learning
how to dismantle and clean
the rifle. The L98A2 Cadet
GP Rifle is a general purpose (GP) rifle used by all
cadet forces in the UK. It
has a maximum effective
range of 500m as a squad
weapon and 300m as an
individual weapon, and
weighs 4.9kg. It is capable
of providing semi-automatic
fire from the 30 round magazine
The Cadets then spent time
on the D.C.C.T. (Dismounted
Close Combat Trainer)
range, developing their targeting skills.
The Cadets also had the
opportunity to train on a
No. 8 .22 rifle.
The No.8 Rifle is a boltaction .22 calibre rifle
evolved from the LeeEnfield .303 No.5 with target shooting in mind.
They are simple hand-fed
rifles and were originally
designed to be used by
military marksmen firing in
civilian competitions, before
being turned over to the
cadet forces. Currently, the
No.8 is used by the British
cadet services as a basic
target rifle.
Up coming events :
? SHOOTING NO. 8 &
L98A2 QUALIFIED CADETS - 10TH MARCH
? INTER REGION NETBALL –
10TH MARCH @ RAF
COSFORD - CADET COLLINS – SUPPORTERS WELCOME
? WING SOCCER & HOCKEY 18TH MARCH FOR
SELECTED CADETS @ RAF
COSFORD - SUPPORTERS
WELCOME
? INTER SERVICE SOCCER
CHAMPIONSHIPS - 21ST
MARCH (EVENING) - RAF
VS ARMY @ SHREWS-
One of the groups were
BURY FOOTBALL CLUB
doing No. 8 initial training
which meant they were
? AEF TUTOR - (MINIMUM
taught how to safely take
REQ - 1ST CLASS) 25TH
control of the weapon and
MARCH @ RAF
exchange the rifle between
COSFORD
persons. Then both No. 8
courses, once fully qualified, ? B33 VGS - (MINIMUM
REQ - 1ST CLASS) 25TH
went down to the range to
practice target shooting
MARCH @ RAF
and start developing their
COSFORD
marksmanship skills, in the
hope of gaining one of the
marksman ship badges.
Bring on the next weekend,
we’ll show you how to
shoot!!!
Please feel free to give feedback to [email protected]
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