3 Air Experience Flight | |
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Grob Tutor aircraft similar to that flown by 3 AEF | |
Active | 8 September 1958 - Present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Allegiance | Royal Air Force |
Branch | Air Cadet Organisation |
Role | Training |
Garrison/HQ | RAF Colerne |
Aircraft flown | |
Trainer | Grob Tutor T.1 |
No. 3 Air Experience Flight (3 AEF) is one of twelve Air Experience Flights (AEFs) run by the Air Cadet Organisation of the Royal Air Force. The primary purpose of the AEF organisation is to provide air experience to members of the Air Training Corps, Combined Cadet Force (RAF) Section and occasionally, the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets and the Air Scouts.
History[]
No. 3 AEF formed on 8 September 1958 at RAF Filton in Gloucestershire, equipped with de Havilland Chipmunk T.10 aircraft.[1]
It later moved to RAF Hullavington and then to RAF Colerne.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "No 3 Air Experience Flight". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. 13 February 2016. http://www.rafweb.org/Organsation/RAFVR1.htm.
The original article can be found at No. 3 Air Experience Flight RAF and the edit history here.