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No. 3 Air Experience Flight RAF

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3 Air Experience Flight
Grob Tutor aircraft similar to that flown by 3 AEF
Active8 September 1958 - Present
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Allegiance Royal Air Force
BranchAir Cadet Organisation
RoleTraining
Part ofNo. 6 Flying Training School RAF
Garrison/HQColerne Airfield
Aircraft flown
TrainerGrob Tutor T.1

No. 3 Air Experience Flight (3 AEF) is one of thirteen 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "No 3 Air Experience Flight". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. 13 February 2016.