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Fall 2022 – Back in Person and accepting new recruits

2022-10-13T22:11:01-04:00October 13th, 2022|Important, News, Notice|

197 Squadron is now accepting new recruits – if you are between the ages of 12 and 18, drop by and talk to us any Tuesday night between 7 and 9 pm at the Acton Legion main hall.

For more info, email recruiting@197aircadets.ca or call 365-355-7961

197 Squadron Fall 2021 Startup

2021-09-07T10:48:23-04:00September 7th, 2021|News|

197 Squadron startup in the fall of 2021 will be a phased approach – with September being used for planning/admin with a full program planned to commence in October 2021. Please see the attached letter for more details. Letter to Parents 7 Sep 2021

Air Cadet – Spring and Summer 2020 Activities Cancellation

2020-04-19T13:59:21-04:00April 15th, 2020|Important, News, Notice|

TO: All 197 Squadron Cadets, Parents, Staff and SSC,

SPRING AND SUMMER 2020 ACTIVITIES CANCELLATION. Our CO has an update on the Air Cadet 2019-2020 season along with information on the 2020 Summer Training in regards to COVID-19. Unfortuently all cadet activities have been cancelled. Please read the official notice from our CO, by clicking on the following link which will bring up a PDF: 197-2020 Cancellation.pdf.

197 Typhoon Squadron COVID-19

197 Squadron COVID-19 Update

2020-04-03T19:03:16-04:00March 29th, 2020|News|

29 March 2020

TO: All 197 Squadron Cadets, Parents, Staff and SSC

Refs:
A. COVID-19 13 March – 197 Squadron COVID-19
B. CANCDTGEN 014/20 – UPDATE CCO RELATED – CANCELLATIONS AND POSTPONEMENTS FOR 2020

1. Taking into account the current situation, all cadet activities that require in-person contact have been suspended until at least April 30 2020,
2. The situation will be reassessed before April 30 2020, and further direction will be issued at that time,
3. This decision has been taken as the safety and welfare of all who participate in our program is always our top priority,
4. Our Senior Cadet team has been reaching out to all squadron members on a regular basis, and this will be expanded in the upcoming weeks,
5. As we are now in an extended period of restrictions, the training department will be rolling out a series of web-based training exercises. Expect to hear from them very soon,
6. No decision has been taken at this point regarding summer training courses,
7. I thank Cadets, Parents, Staff and the SSC of 197 squadron for your understanding and support during this uncertain time, and will keep you updated of developments and resumption of the program as soon as this has been finalized,
8. Updates will also be posted to the 197 squadron website and Facebook page as they become available,
9. Keep safe!
10. Any questions can be forwarded to me at CO@197aircadets.ca.

Richard Dobbs
Commanding Officer
197 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets

COVID-19 : All Cadet Activities Cancelled for 3 Weeks

2020-03-14T10:12:28-04:00March 14th, 2020|News|

TO: All 197 Squadron Cadets, Parents, Staff and SSC,

1. In response to developments in the outbreak of a novel corona-virus (COVID-19), effective immediately, all cadet activities have been cancelled for the next 3 weeks.

2. The situation will be reassessed before April 3 2020, and further direction will be issues at that time.

3. This decision has been taken as the safety and welfare of all who participate in our program is always our top priority.

4. I thank Cadets, Parents, Staff and the SSC of 197 squadron for your understanding and support during this uncertain time, and will keep you updated of developments and resumption of the program as soon as this has been finalized.

5. Updates will also be posted to the 197 squadron website and Facebook page as they become available.

6. Any questions can be forwarded to me at Richard.dobbs@197aircadets.ca.

Refs:
A. CATO 14-06 Training or Recreational Trips.
B. CDS TASKING ORDER FOR OPERATION LASER 20-01, 2 March 2020
C. 3000-1 (J3) NATIONAL CADET AND JUNIOR CANADIAN RANGERS SUPPORT GROUP COVID-19 DIRECTIVE – VERSION 002, 12 March 2020.
D. CANFORGEN 039/20 – NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE.
E. CANCDTGEN 010/20 – CANADIAN CADET ORGANIZATIONS-COVID-19.
F. CANCDTGEN 012/20 – CADET PROGRAM CANCELLATION (3 WEEKS).

Subscribe to the 197 Air Cadet Calendar

2020-01-25T09:47:51-05:00January 21st, 2020|News|

To all Parents and Cadets. The 197 Air Cadet calendar is now available via subscription. The calendar contains events for the entire cadet year (Aug/Sep thru June) and will let you know what is happening and when.

Go the our site: https://197AirCadets.ca and select Calendar from the menu. You will find a new button at the top right of the page that will lead you to instructions on subscribing or downloading the 197 Air Cadet calendar, which you can use to add our calendar into your favourite calendaring app (Outlook/Google Calendar etc). Get our calendar on your phone, tablet and other devices. By subscribing to our calendar you will also receive changes to the calendar as they occur.

If you wish to subscribe to a calendar but are unsure how to go about it, please visit C.V. Davey on a Tuesday cadet meeting night and he will gladly help you.

Fall FTX – Oct 5th & 6th – Forms and Info

2020-01-29T21:23:41-05:00September 26th, 2019|FTX, News|

All 197 Cadets,

Our Fall FTX (Field Training Exercise) is Oct 5th and 6th at Rockwood Conservation Area. This is a Mandatory event for all cadets.

You will need to be at the gate to Rockwood Conservation no later than 08:30 (8:30am) Saturday morning. Our FTX goes overnight and cadets will be at the main gate at 16:00 hrs (4:00pm) on Sunday for pickup by their parents.

An advance party of cadets will arrive Friday Oct 4th in the evening to help setup, a separate warning order will be issued to those cadets in the advance party.

Please download and read the following forms, and have your signed consent form with you for our next Tuesday evenings’ training: Tuesday October 1st. Review the kit list, you must bring all the items on the list.

Download Documents:

Map to Rockwood Conservation:

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