About Us!

Everyone is welcome to the Headquarters Central and East Region [C&E] of the Air Cadet Organisation [ACO].

 Message from the Regional Commandant: Group Captain Brett Morrell RAFR

Our main task is to develop and execute strategies for the 6 wings and 178 squadrons under command [go to Region maps]. Our Region Officers and civilian staff are directly involved in this strategy process or support those who are. These people together with our air cadets, volunteer civilians and uniformed personnel [volunteers] share the task of shaping the future of the Corps and, indirectly, our parent service, the Royal Air Force. Many of our ex-air cadets choose to pursue successful careers in the RAF or other aviation related organisations while others re-join the ACO as volunteers.

C&E Region is part of the ACO which is the national youth formation parented by the RAF. Its aims are to:

(1) promote and encourage an interest in aviation and the RAF,

(2) provide training that would be useful in both Service as well as civilian life, and

(3) foster a spirit of adventure and develop qualities of leadership and good citizenship.

To achieve this we need every member of the team to be the right person with the right know-how in the right place at the right time, so we are a highly mobile and pro-active training outfit. Our website is designed to:

1. Give you an idea of the skills, knowledge and experience that we already possess and to gain an understanding of the training and development that is needed and available to perform well in the ACO. For those who are already part of C&E, it should stimulate you and your boss to consider and plan for your own future development.

2. Help both volunteers and air cadets see what is going to happen in the future and of course what they have already achieved.

3. Let newcomers learn more about the ACO. We are need good quality people, so if you would like to join the premier youth organization as an volunteer or an air cadet, please contact us and we will put you in touch with your nearest cadet unit through its Wing Headquarters.

4. Promote communication within C&E and, in so doing, enhance our performance. There will always be room for improvements so kindly take time to explore this site and submit any comments or suggestions you may have for making our presentation or content even better. The C&E Media & Communications Officer is Squadron Leader Alan Wiggins

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Finally, our mission is to: maintain and expand a vibrant ACO, suitably equipped and comprising staff and cadets with pride in their Corps and confidence in the future.

Let's do it.

Brett Morrell

  The Corps Formation followed the following path:

October 1938 - Air Cadet Defence Corps formed
5 February 1941 - Renamed the Air Training Corps by Royal Warrant
1948  - Combined Cadet Force (RAF) formed

As an integral part of the overall Air Cadet organisation, Central and East Region covers an area from Warwickshire in the West of England through to Norfolk on the East coast, and from Cambridgeshire, North of Essex in the South through to the Lincolnshire bank of the River Humber in the North.

Central & East Region comprises six Wings, namely:

	The Region headquarters (shown left) at RAF Brampton, and the individual Wing headquarters are administered by core teams of full time staff supported by part time volunteer members of the RAF Volunteer Reserve Training Branch.

Full details of the Region Structure can be found on this web site and for the Wings, individual links are provided at the top of each page to those Wings currently operating a web site.

For specific contacts please use the following.