FS D Ross

Flight Sergeant (RAFAC) Derry Ross, Squadron Training Officer @ 46F (Kensington), Dep LW Radio & Cyber Officer (WSO 7), LW Fieldcraft Logistics NCO

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Walked into a Bronze Cyber course at @9FsquadronATC last night. Cadets studied and gave very compelling arguments in the form of a debate for and against end to end encryption - fantastic to hear the cadets incorporate real world benefits and problems in their arguments!

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Brainteaser anyone?? 🧐

[GCHQ @GCHQ]

#GCHQPuzzle fans, here's another brainteaser for you to get stuck into!

Good luck!

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

And of course, how can I forget about taking my cadets (46F) to AEF on Thursday and seeing the joy in their faces as they landed - some even pulling a few G's as their pilots performed aerobatics over Oxfordshire 🛩 lots of pilots in the making I think!

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

A fantastic @LondonAirCadets Training week for me... Instructing cadets on the L98A2 over Mon & Tues - enabling them to attend upcoming range days, and a successful Bronze Radio course delivered this weekend! Time to focus on completing my BTEC L3 in Education and Training 📖

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Bit more flying for Day 2 of the GVC Drone Licence training. Getting more hands on experience with the drone controls before tomorrow's test - fingers crossed we all pass so we can provide support to our regions with RPAS training/coaching to cadets in the future!

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

First GVC licence training flight - a lot of theory covered, and was good to put in practice some of the maneuvers that we'll be tested on during Sunday Afternoon! 🛩

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Start of Sector 2's Bronze Cyber Course - Session 1 and already an engaged cohort! Shame I cannot stay for the full course... work straight after for me 😅 enjoy the course and looking forward to issuing out the certificates tonight!

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Last weekend was a first for the LW Dep Fieldcraft Officer and team - successfully pulling off a Blanks & Pyro Ex for the Bronze Fieldcraft syllabus! Great to support the weekend as the team's designated driver/logistics NCO! Looking forward to many more 💪

[GCHQ @GCHQ]

Languages are a fundamental cog in the wheel, which enable us to carry out our mission, at home and across the world.

#DidYouKnow that across our teams, we can speak over 42 different languages and dialects?

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Looking forward to attending Sector 2's Bronze Cyber Course on Saturday - alongside cadets qualifying for their Bronze badges, we have a few staff looking to be signed off as instructors 🙌

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Need to start posting again - what way to restart by announcing we have another Bronze Cyber "train the trainer" in the Wing 🙌 by completing a L5 Cyber Security course, Sgt Bimbato (1147 Sqn) qualifies and volunteers to train the next generation of instructors! Thank you 🙏

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Blue Radio assessments last night with @344fulhamatc - short recap before 8 cadets underwent their Basic Radio Comms practicals and pleased to say there were smiling faces after being told they all passed! 🙌 Signing off 3 assessors for the sqn with support from our Wg Radio Off

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Busy parade night... undergoing some Blue Leadership assessments with our MTA kits and learning to code with Microbits in a "treasure hunt" style activity! Cadets were tasked to build a receiver, find the missing Microbits, and decode a hidden message 📡

#aircadets #STEM

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Activity First Aid - Day 1 of 2 👌 Looking forward to requalifying and taking the skills (re)learned and delivering First Aid at my squadron! Also means I can exercise my RMTL qualification next weekend 🙌

[OC London Wing RAFAC @OCLondonWing]

This weekend, @LondonAirCadets is delivering the first Multi-Activity Weekend of 2024... building on our successes from 2023.

Bronze & Silver Leadership
Coding & Robotics Workshop
Road Marching
Mountain Bike Training
Activty First Aid
Air Rifle Training
Blue Aviation Package

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Away from Radio & Cyber - Spending the past few days and back onto the range! Big thanks to @34F_SQN for facilitating the IWT + Shoot! Great to see the hard work paying off from both cadets and staff with loads of shiny new blue badges being awarded 🙌

#aircadets #whatwedo

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

Busy weekend with the Wg Radio & Cyber Officer - Assisting in Sector 2's delivery (first since 2020) of Bronze Radio to 19 cadets and signing off 4 brand new instructors to push Bronze Radio in the sector! Well done all 🙌

@LondonAirCadets

[GCHQ @GCHQ]

Are you a tech-tinkerer? An outside-the-box thinker?

You could be exactly what we need to help us in our mission to keep the UK safe ✅

Begin your #JourneyToGCHQ ⬇️
https://t.co/dlLPxIUflW

[FS D Ross @FSDRoss]

That's a wrap for 82 (Wandsworth) Squadron this year - Bring on 2024!