According to the British Army’s Army Personnel Centre, located in Glasgow, there were 48 WO1s (warrant officer’s class one) in the Royal Artillery in 2016. Two of these WO1s were Master Drivers. Reference FOI Request: FOI 2016-06991 dated 02 August 2016.
Below are the score ranges for the Admiralty Interview Board (AIB) and the pilot’s Flying Aptitude Test (FAT) between May 2017 and January 2018. Table 1: AIB & FAT score ranges Entry Point Number of Candidates AIB Score Range FAT Score Range May 2017 12 148-89 163-114 September 2017 14 140-96 155-114 January 2018 14… Read More
In 1994, the Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) merged with the Royal Air Force (RAF). From 1994 to October 2017, 121 women have trained and qualified as pilots in the RAF, on average 5 women qualifying as pilots each year. The RAF introduced a new administrative system in 2006 which accurately records a variety of… Read More
Below are the statistics for the RAF aircrew training pipeline for 2015 to 2018. Table 1: Basic fast jet training pipeline Financial Year (FY) In Training Start FY Started Training During FY Completed Training During FY Still In Training End of FY 2015/2016 12 26 15 20 2016/2017 20 14 23 10 2017/2018 10 15… Read More
Below is the number of Royal Air Force (RAF) recruits who completed their Phase 1 initial military training between 2010 and 2016. Table 1: Number who complete phase 1 training Year Of Those Who Started in Year, Number who Completed Phase 1 Training 2010/2011 1237 2011/2012 1231 2012/2013 1251 2013/2014 1623 2014/2015 1886 2015/2016 2175… Read More
Table 1 provides an outline of the number of women in the British Army’s Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) as of October 2017. Table 1: Women in the Royal Armoured Corps Type Untrained Trained Regular 5 5 Reserve 5 or less 30 Source: Defence Statistics (Army) Note: Numbers are rounded in accordance with MOD policy. The… Read More
“The average time for an application being received to join the British Army and an individual commencing initial training is around 300 days.” (UK MOD FOI, 2017) Reference MoD (Ministry of Defence) (2017) Number of Females in the Royal Armoured Corps as of October 2017. Available from World Wide Web: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656895/2017-10388.pdf. [Accessed: 08 November, 2017].
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