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First dig at new training facilities at RAF Valley

14 March 2022

On Friday 11 March the ground was broken at RAF Valley to start construction of new training facilities which are part of a £175M investment in the Basic Flying Training operation within the UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS).  Delivered for our customer Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), our industry

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Rotary wing training hits 50,000 flying hours

No.1 Flying Training School, RAF Shawbury has achieved the significant milestone of 50,000 flying hours on its fleet of Juno

UKMFTS Directors’ Cup awarded

Congratulations to a combined team (comprising members from DE&S, 22Gp, Air Cap and Ascent), who have been awarded the 2021

New helicopter training device at RAF Shawbury

Ascent has a new Helicopter Flying Training Device (FTD) now Ready For Training Use at RAF Shawbury. Working with industry

Texan Desktop Trainer

The Ascent Fast Jet Transformation Team, in partnership in Lockheed Martin, has completed a successful integration of Virtual Reality head

PM visits Ascent facilities at RAF Valley

Ascent MD, Tim James was delighted to welcome Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and Anglesey MP, Virginia Crosbie to the Ascent

First Ascent graduate on managed career pathway

We’re proud to announce and congratulate Michael Larbey on becoming the first graduate under a new managed career pathway created