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Royal Air Force College Cranwell remains committed to delivering its mission to attract the Air Force of tomorrow and prepare the Air Force of today. In the Royal Air Force Centenary year, the Royal Air Force College continues to meet this obligation, whilst actively immersing itself into upholding and supporting the RAF100 themes of ÔC ...
The Royal Air Force College opened on 5 February 1920 under the command of Air Commodore C.A.H. Longcroft. The Chief of the Air Staff’s message to the first entry of cadets left them in no doubt of his expectations for the College: “We have to learn by experience how to organise and administer a great Service, both in peace and war, and you ...
Book 1 - The Pre-War Formative Years, covering the trials and tribulations of setting up and sustaining an independent military air academy for the RAF and establishing it as the RAF’s spiritual home. Book 2 - Cranwellians At War, covering the war years and examining the contributions Cranwellians made to defending our nation in its hour of need.
The College prides itself on developing the next generation of talented, air-minded Officers, who will continue to shape the Royal Air Force of today and lead our service into the future. Royal Air Force College Cranwell is the spiritual home of the Royal Air Force and while we are looking forward to our next century, we are immensely proud to celebrate the tremendous achievements of the past ...
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the . direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 to 1 . April 1918, when it was merged with the . British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a . new service, the Royal Air Force, the first of . its kind in the world.
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In 1966 the Royal Air Force Technical College at RAF Henlow, a similar cadet college for engineering officers, was merged with the College at Cranwell. The College functioned 1919-71 as a cadet college (like RMC Sandhurst ) graduates receiving permanent RAF commissions after a residential course of two to three years.
