Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier visits RAF Shawbury

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier visited RAF Shawbury today and we were very pleased to welcome him to our Ascent facility to meet our team of qualified instructors and hear more about the work we are undertaking in preparation to deliver Rotary Wing training at RAF Shawbury.

The Rotary Wing element of the UKMFTS programme will reach the ‘Initial Course Capability’ milestone in April 2018, we are excited to welcome our first cadre of Rotary Wing students through our doors.

Ascent are proud to be delivering a world-class UK military flying training system in partnership with the UK MOD.