Jay Carter, one of Ely Air Cadets three Flight Sergeants, was promoted to Cadet Warrant Officer last night by Wing Commander Rob Bradshaw Officer Commanding the 28 Squadron’s of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Wing ATC
Jay joined Ely Squadron in July of 2019 and he has certainly followed his passion for aviation ever since. Jay has reached for the skies at every opportunity and as well as achieving his Solo glider pilots wings at RAF Syerston he was also selected for a powered flying scholarship under the Air Cadet Pilot Scheme Scholarships which he is currently waiting to start training.
Cadet Warrant Officer Carter is not only a graduate of the prestigious Air Cadet Leadership Course at RAF Cranwell but he is also in the process this year of completing yet another National level course as a Quailified Aerospace Instructor and is a lead member of the Wing Training Team providing training for both Junior and Senior Cadet Non Commissioned Officers.
Jay is now heading towards the end of his cadet carreer late this year but in the meantime he is hoping to start a new chapter in his love of Aviation by putting his QAIC qualifications to good use to help other cadets as a Flight Staff Cadet at a local RAFAC Volunteer Gliding Squadron. He is on track to complete his Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award before he ages out.
In addition to his Squadron and Wing actvities Jay has also been a keen sportsman attaining Region and National level awards for swimming.
His love for aviation has shone through in his hobbies outside of cadets as an extremely well respected photographer who’s images are often used by professional aviation publications, magazines and books.
Congratulations Jay on a well deserved promotion and appointment as a Cadet Warrant Officer. This is the first time in the Squadron’s history that we have had two Cadet Warrant Officers in post on Squadron at the same time.
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During the course of a cadets career they may have the opportunity to be promoted. Promotion to the ranks of Corporal to Flight Sergeant are based on merit and leadership potential. There are no exams to be taken as promotion to these ranks is determined by the Officer Commanding (OC) of the squadron.
Promotion to Cadet Warrant Officer (CWO) is decided by a panel at Wing level. Prospective candidates will be a Flight Sergeant, preferably holding the Master Cadet classification and attend an interview at Wing HQ if they are recommended by their Squadron OC.
Not every Squadron out of the 1000 Air Cadet Squadrons has a Cadet Warrant Officer and out of 46,000 Air Cadets there are only just a few hundred CWO’s nationally.
From 1094 Ely Squadron Royal Air Force Air Cadets
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