No. 12 Air Experience Flight RAF

No. 12 Air Experience Flight RAF
Grob Tutor aircraft similar to that flown by 12 AEF
Active	8 September 1958 - Present
Country	United Kingdom
Allegiance	Royal Air Force
Branch	Air Cadet Organisation
Role	Training
Garrison/HQ	RAF Leuchars
Aircraft flown
Trainer	Grob Tutor

No. 12 Air Experience Flight (AEF) is an Air Experience Flight run by the Air Cadet Organisation of the Royal Air Force. Its role is the teaching of basic flying to cadets of the Air Training Corps (ATC) and Combined Cadet Force (CCF) from the Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee ATC Wings and CCF from the East of Scotland. It currently flies Grob Tutor T1 trainer aircraft, which it shares with East of Scotland Universities' Air Squadron.

History

12 AEF was formed on 8 September 1958 at RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, equipped with Chipmunk T.10 aircraft. On 1 April 1996, it moved to RAF Leuchars, where it became parented by East Lowlands Universities Air Squadron and retired its Chipmunks in favour of sharing ELUAS's Bulldog T.1 aircraft.

External links

• www.habu.freeserve.co.uk (archive.org)

References

• Air of Authority: RAF Volunteer Reserve Units