On Monday, five RAF Air Cadets from Gresham’s School CCF were selected to go for a once in a lifetime flight on an RAF C-17 Globemaster. Along with 70 other cadets from Norfolk and Suffolk Wing Air Training Corps, they travelled to Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk to take part in an RAF evacuation training exercise. After receiving a safety brief about the aircraft and flight, they boarded and had a flight around the local area. 

FS Ella said “It was such an incredible experience, being able to see how big the aircraft was and getting to fly in it. It was definitely not an average day at school”.

At Gresham’s, pupils can opt to join the CCF at the end of Year 9 in the Royal Navy, Army or Royal Air Force sections, each with their own uniform, identity and training programs. Many choose to continue all the way through to Years 12 and 13 as Senior NCO’s.