The Squadron will stand down on Monday 31st August for the Bank Holiday.

Uniform for Friday 4th September will be No 2C (Working Blue)!

We are very pleased to be able to tell you that JHC have managed to accommodate a request for all 157 persons who wish to take part in Agile Spear from Dorset & Wiltshire Wing.

It is ESSENTIAL that all cadets attend with fully signed 3822s, with special attention being paid to the parental approval to fly in service aircraft. Any cadet attending on the day whose book is not signed WILL NOT FLY.

Our Cadets will be collected by Coach from 2358 HQ @ 05:30am.

Currently there is no confirmed end time so parents should be available to collect there Cdt from 2358HQ (late afternoon – early evening).

Dress is civvies – suitable for climbing in and out of a helicopter, warm and waterproof. If it rains the exercise will still go ahead and there is NO shelter available; umbrellas obviously cannot be used! The Army will feed us (24hr rat packs)

NO CAMERAS or MOBILE PHONE CAMERAS may be taken or used while on the exercise. Official photos will be taken but private photography is absolutely forbidden.

This is a live and classified military exercise; you are not to discuss it on social media until AFTER the event.

WO (ATC) K Haywood

The Support Helicopter Force (SHF) has an annual exercise called AGILE SPEAR which addresses Non-combatant Evacuation and Humanitarian Aid scenarios. This year it will be in Dorset. To give realism on the exercise, especially on the second to last day the event culminates in a huge push to process and move a large number of “displaced persons” and “refugees”,

DW Wg has been invited to provide staff and cadets to come in civvies with suitcases to act as the large mass of people that must be processed for eligibility to be flown. This year SHF would also like to have them participate in some other even more interesting serials, if possible. The Exercise will take place on Thursday 10 September – which shouldn’t be the problem it might appear to be as experience shows school and parents have been very good about affording the cadets a day off to join a real-life military exercise.

All attendees should get to fly in a Chinook and there is the possibility of some other airframes taking part as well.

Cadets are to inform WO Haywood of the interest, Cadets will not be permitted to cancel their place at short notice unless due to sickness, please ensure you are definately available before confirming your place, there are limited places available so unfortunately some applications might be unsuccessful.

As this is a school day, cadets should seek permission from schools for authorised absence; a suitable letter can be supplied if required.