Latest RAF officers to receive the King's Commendation now ready for deployment after graduating RAF College Cranwell

Officer Cadets from the RAF Officer Training Academy are flying high having graduated from RAF College Cranwell.

Air Vice-Marshal Snaith, director of MOD Saudi Armed Forces Projects, was the Reviewing Officer at the graduation of The King’s Squadron consisting of officers of Modular Initial Officer Training Course No 17 from Royal Air Force College Cranwell on Thursday 9 th February 2023.

The Officer Cadets marched onto the parade square, watched by their family and friends and were treated to a terrific Typhoon flypast by 41 Squadron, RAF Coningsby.

The MIOT 17 Graduation Ceremony was held on the parade square outside College Hall Officers Mess.

The Cadets of Modular Initial Officer Training (MIOT) Course No. 17 graduated from the RAF College Cranwell.

The graduation ceremony marks the end of an intense training period in which success is recognised by the award of the King's Commission into the Royal Air Force.

The MOIT course is extremely demanding. To earn the King's Commission, the men and women who graduate have shown that they possess a wide range of practical, academic and theoretical skills.

Their success has been achieved through determination and dedication. Each graduate has demonstrated they have the character, resilience and authority to command.

They now go forward to face the challenges of specialist training and the frontline, where tremendous opportunities and rewards await.

The Reviewing officer for MOIT 17 was Air Vice-Marshal Chris Snaith with Commandant RAF Cranwell Andrew Dickins also attending.

Parade Commander - Officer Cadet O J Price BSc (Hons) Parade WO - Flight Sergeant R Gormley Colour Party - Bearer - Officer Cadet K J S Ghala BSc Officer - Officer Cadet S L M Brown Escorts - Officer Cadet J M North BEng (Hons), Officer Cadet C R G Rust BA (Hons) Parade Markers - FS B Goss, FS T VardyParade Guides - FS M Wilman, FS P CrawfordParade Flt Cdr - Off Cdt R P McQuillan, Off Cdt E U AmedimwoleI/C and Marshall - WO DickMusic by the band of the RAF College directed by Sqn Ldr Murray The Sword of Honour - Officer Cadet Simon Lloyd Minshull Brown The Hennessy Trophy and Philip Sassoon Memorial Prize - Officer Cadet Yasmin Jean MartinThe BAE Systems Trophy - Officer Cadet Adam RosbottomThe MacRobert Prize - Officer Cadet Simon Lloyd Minshull BrownThe Group Captain Williams Memorial Trophy - Officer Cadet Samantha Yasmin NazifThe Warrant Officer Bill Torrance Trophy - Officer Cadet Yasmin Jean MartinThe RAF Club Prize - Officer Cadet Matthew HughesThe Overseas Students’ Prize - Officer Cadet Muhammad AsfarThe Sarah Moland Memorial Prize - Officer Cadet Thomas Ainscow.