Former Air & Defence College Student Completes RAF Phase 1

For­mer Stam­ford Air & Defence Col­lege and Lev­el 3 Com­put­ing stu­dent, James Bore­ham, has com­plet­ed his Phase 1 train­ing at RAF Halton.

James, along­side his fel­low recruits of Dou­glas 705 Intake, took to the Parade Square, where RAF Music Ser­vices sup­port­ed the cohort’s strik­ing pass­ing-out parade. As the grad­u­ates stood in proud for­ma­tion, air­craft from RAF Brize Nor­ton per­formed a fly­past, emblem­at­ic of their careers ahead. Friends and fam­i­ly shared in the spec­ta­cle, with offi­cial pho­tog­ra­phy doc­u­ment­ing trea­sured moments of loved ones reunited.

Stam­ford Col­lege’s Air and Defence Col­lege pro­vides employ­er-led edu­ca­tion and tech­ni­cal train­ing for 16 to 19-year olds. The unique and inno­v­a­tive mod­el is designed to cre­ate secure career paths in the RAF and Aero­space Indus­tries. Like James, many grad­u­at­ing stu­dents have gone on to com­plete RAF Basic Train­ing, whilst oth­ers have pro­gressed into appren­tice­ships, employ­ment, or fur­ther study.