News & Press
November 4, 2019
Colleagues from 750 Squadron, RNAS Culdrose gathered last week to say farewell to Roger McDonald on his retirement. Roger has been with Ascent since the beginning […]
October 29, 2019
A total of 20 tri-Service aircrew graduated from the Defence Helicopter Flying School (DHFS) at RAF Shawbury on 25 October. The tri-Service parade celebrated the […]
October 28, 2019
Ascent flying instructor and former Red Arrow pilot, Squadron Leader (Retired) Baz Cross, based at RAF Valley reached a personal and professional milestone recently when he […]
October 16, 2019
RAF VALLEY reached a significant milestone in the delivery of military fast jet training recently with the first flight of a student pilot in the new […]
October 14, 2019
On 11th October 2019, AOC 22 Gp AVM Warren James presented the first four MFTS Multi-Engine Pilot Training (MEPT) graduates with their coveted flying brevets or […]
October 10, 2019
This week, the rotary element of the UK Military Flying Training System (MFTS) achieved the auspicious milestone of 20,000 flying hours on the Juno fleet of […]
October 1, 2019
Ascent RAF Shawbury General Manager, Mr Harry Palmer, will be a key note speaker at RAES Rotorcraft Simulation – Trends and Future Applications – Conference […]
October 1, 2019
Latest pictures from 202 Squadron RAF Valley, of one of our UKMFTS Jupiter helicopters conducting crew training in Holyhead Harbour. Photos: Crown Copyright, supplied by RAF […]
September 19, 2019
Ascent staff, Paul Wright and Danny Hanks delivered a STEM event at RAF Valley as part of our initiative to support the Jon Egging Trust, which […]
September 19, 2019
Another programme milestone was achieved on 18th September when Flying Officer James Bell became the 100th student to complete his Elementary Flying Training at RAFC Cranwell […]