Serving since
2008
Joined as an Air Cadet and continued volunteering through each stage since.
Royal Air Force Air Cadets
Current appointment
Flight Lieutenant
Chief Groundschool Instructor, Flight Safety Officer
Current qualification
QGI B1
Qualified Gliding Instructor B1 awarded on 27 November 2025.
Service timeline
Key roles, promotions and qualifications
Dec 2025 - Present
Flight Lieutenant
Current rank and roles.
Qualified Gliding Instructor (QGI) B1 awarded on 27 November 2025.
Sep 2021 - Dec 2025
Commissioned Service
Pilot Officer -> Flying Officer
Key milestones: QGI B2 on 21 April 2022, Commanding Officer's Trophy 2021, and the temporary relocation of 632 VGS flying operations to RAF Woodvale on 2 December 2023 while Tern Hill hangar repairs are completed.
Jul 2016 - Sep 2021
Civilian Gliding Instructor
Transition from cadet flying to instructing and operational support.
Viking first solo on 29 September 2018 and Grade 1 Pilot (Viking) achieved on 30 March 2019.
Aug 2013 - Jul 2016
Flight Staff Cadet
Under training during graded pilot workup.
Grade 2 Pilot (Vigilant) on 28 August 2013 and Grade 1 Pilot (Vigilant) on 15 March 2014.
Oct 2011 - Jan 2013
Cadet NCO progression
Cadet Sergeant -> Cadet Flight Sergeant
Silver Wings awarded on 14 January 2012, first Vigilant solo on 29 August 2012, and Gold Wings awarded on 12 January 2013.
Sep 2008 - Oct 2011
Joined as an Air Cadet
Early cadet experience, classification milestones and first promotion.
Cadet classifications completed during this period: First Class, Leading, Senior and Master Cadet.
Operational context
The timeline sits inside a wider operational backdrop: the RAFAC gliding pause between 2014 and 2016, the COVID-19 pause from March 2020 to May 2021, and the current temporary operation of 632 VGS from RAF Woodvale while repairs are made to the Tern Hill hangar.
Unit history
Current unit
632 VGS
2018 - Present
Joined 632 VGS in July 2018. The squadron is based at RAF Tern Hill, but has been temporarily operating from RAF Woodvale since December 2023 while repairs are made to the Tern Hill hangar. RAF Air Cadets reported flying activity returning to Woodvale in January 2024.
- Home base: RAF Tern Hill, Shropshire
- Current operating location: RAF Woodvale, Merseyside
- Aircraft: Grob 103 Viking
Supernumerary posting
644 VGS
2022 - 2024
Supernumerary to 644 VGS at RAF Syerston, supporting a unit within 2 Flying Training School while remaining active in cadet gliding.
- Base: RAF Syerston, Newark
- Role: Volunteer Gliding Squadron
- Aircraft family: Viking T Mk1 operations at RAF Syerston
Early VGS service
631 VGS
2013 - 2018
This was the base for Flight Staff Cadet service and Vigilant flying. RAF Woodvale's official station history notes that 631 VGS became 631 Aerospace Ground Training Squadron in 2018.
- Base: RAF Woodvale, Merseyside
- Aircraft: Grob 109B Vigilant Motor Glider
- Later redesignated as 631 Aerospace Ground Training Squadron