RAF Regiment Officers

RAF Regiment Officers are responsible for leading, training and administering the Gunners under their command. They are also involved in all aspects of Force Protection planning and may perform other duties as part of the RAF Operations Support Branch.

Officers in the Corps spend much of their time planning and training for crisis situations and must therefore be capable of thinking analytically and making difficult decisions under pressure. RAF Regiment Officers lead their Gunners from the front, so must be physically fit and possess an aggressive determination to succeed.

After Initial Officer Training at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, potential RAF Regiment Officers complete the Junior Regiment Officers Course at RAF Honington. This arduous 37 week course aims to give an officer the skills that they will require during their first tour as a flight commander on an operational RAF Regiment squadron. The syllabus covers section and flight level tactics, range management, signals and management of training.

Successful graduates of the JROC will be posted to an operational squadron, where they will command a flight of 30 Gunners. Thereafter, they will fill appointments that could range from Station RAF Regiment Officer at a large flying station to a Forward Air Controller in command of a small Tactical Air Control Party attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade.

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