Wing Presentation Evening - 3rd February 2012

Last night Essex Wing held a presentation evening at the Civic Theater in Chelmsford and 158 Squadron received two awards; The Ferris Trophy for the best exam results in the Wing which comes with a cheque for £50.00. Cpl Whipps was awarded the chairman's prize for an act of great courage in administering his 1st aid training, from a camp at RAF Wittering, when he passed a road accident on the way to a parade night. Where he was asked to stay with the casualty by the paramedics as he was doing such a good job, he was later released by the police. Well done to the whole Squadron and to Cpl Whipps

Enrolement Evening - 27th January 2012

Cadets and parents alike turned out to enroll our C Flight and to welcome them into the Squadron. There were also some awards for achievements were handed out; 7 Squadron Marksmans, 1 Wing Marksman, 9 St Johns Young First Aiders and 9 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Congratulations to all those who received awards. As well as all that Sgt Tucker was promoted to Flight Sergent, a very well done to her.

Bag Packing - 17th & 18th Dec 2011

Once again 158 Squadron cadets were busy over the weekend packing shopping for the customers in Braintree Town Center Tesco getting the last of their Christmas shopping. We had a great turn out of cadets who managed to raise on Saturday £418.21 and on Sunday £438.99, making a grand total of £857.20. Those who turned out were, as usual, a credit to the squadron and were congratulated by members of the public on their appearance The money will be split between Squadron funds and the drive to acquire a squadron mini-bus.

Remembrance Sunday Parade - 13th Nov 2011

The local youth organisations of Braintree and the surrounding area paraded at 1400 in remembrance of the sacrifices of men and women in the armed forces both past and present. It was held, as always, at Braintree's memorial garden and was attended by local dignitaries and a wreath was laid on behalf of the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. 158 Squadron attended in full force and put on a very smart display in both the parade itself and the march through Braintree town centre to St Michael's church for the Remembrance service.