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Australian Air Force Cadets reaching for the stars

written by Owen Zupp | June 22, 2019

This story from Owen Zupp on the Australian Air Force Cadets first appeared in the May 2019 edition of Australian Aviation.

Cadet Warrant Officer (AAFC) Guy St Leon from No. 418 SQN (left), and Cadet Corporal Trent Buckner from No. 405 SQN take in the Diamond DA40 NG at the Australian International Airshow, Avalon. (Defence, CPL Nicci Freeman)
Cadet Warrant Officer (AAFC) Guy St Leon from No. 418 SQN (left), and Cadet Corporal Trent Buckner from No. 405 SQN take in the Diamond DA40 NG at the Australian International Airshow, Avalon. (Defence, CPL Nicci Freeman)

The sound of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) old and new frontline fighters rains down through the roof of the marquee-come-mess where military personnel are seated for lunch. The FA-18 Hornet flying overhead in company with the F-35 Lightning II represents a changing of the guard. However, there is also generational change taking place at the grass roots in the form of the Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC). And the Director General Cadets – Air Force, Air Commodore Gary Martin, is now the RAAF officer tasked with making it happen.

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