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The Air Cadet Organisation (ACO) is a national youth organisation sponsored

by the Royal Air Force in the UK. Membership is open to young people aged

between 13 and 22 years, inclusive.  It is also one of the largest youth

organisations in the UK with close to forty thousand cadets attending nearly

900 units spread out over the whole of the country. Cadets can join the Corps

between the ages of 13 to 18 years. The Squadrons are staffed by both uniformed

 and civilian volunteers. This website is focused on 249 (Hailsham) Squadron. 


 

SO – YOU WANT TO JOIN THE FINEST YOUTH ORGANISATION IN THE WORLD!

 

  • learn to fly and glide - many of our cadets have gained their Private Pilot

          Licence and have gone solo in gliders

  • Earn Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards - 

  • enjoy going on camps, trips and expeditions in the Uk, India,

          Israel, Gibraltar, Cyprus and Germany

  • learn new skills from adventure training weekends, fieldcraft and

          survival training camps, skiing, trekking and aerospace camps - 249 cadets have adventures everywhere!

  • participate in sports, target shooting, sailing , canoeing, climbing

          and abseiling, as well as First Aid training

  • Get BTEC qualifications in aviation, communications, music and public service


Squadron Full Name - 249 (Hailsham) The Millennium Squadron

Parade Nights - Tuesday and Thursday between 19:00 and 21:15

Squadron Address - Cadet Hall, Victoria Road, Hailsham, BN27 2AY

Squadron telephone number – 01323 442496

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Please contact the Squadron if you are not able to attend a parade night for any reason.