RECRUITING FOR INTAKE 1 OF 2025 HAS NOW CLOSED

316SQN will have a mid-year intake in 2025.

Nominations for our mid-year intake will open jun 2025.

EMAIL ENQUIRIES TO: 316sqn@airforcecadets.gov.au

OUR SQUADRON

Cadets at 316 Squadron will be exposed to a host of opportunities and experiences they would be unlikely to find in any other youth organisation, these opportunities include:

• air experience flying and gliding

• fieldcraft and survival exercises

• ceremonial parades

• firearms safety training

• social events each year

Cadets can also participate in various camps and courses during school holidays such as powered flying, gliding, promotion courses, general service training and abseiling.

HISTORY

The AAFC was originally formed in 1941 as the Air Training Corps (ATC), a voluntary organisation providing pre-entry training for young males intending to join the RAAF during World War Two. Nearly 2000 cadets joined the RAAF during WW2 the majority becoming aircrew. After the war the organisation evolved to develop its current aims and structure.

The Air Training Corps was renamed the Australian Air Force Cadets on its 60th anniversary in 2001.

316 Squadron is the direct descendant of the WW2, Newcastle based, 32 Squadron Air Training Corps. In 1951, 32 Squadron was reorganised as No.16 Flight NSW ATC and in 2001 the NSW AIRTC became 3 Wing AAFC and 16 Flight became 316SQN AAFC.