The East Midlands Universities Air Squadron (EMUAS) is the

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University Air Squadron University Air Squadrons are training units under the command of No. 6 Flying Training School RAF of the Royal Air Force and their main role is to attract students into careers as RAF officers. Primarily its goal is achieved through offering b ...

for the

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History

It was formed on 26 February 1941 as University College Nottingham Air Squadron then became Nottingham University Air Squadron in 1948; the unit's regalia has consequent echoes of

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. In the 1950s there were 17 university air squadrons. With the advent of ground-breaking jet aircraft in the 1960s, places for the unit were much sought after. In November 1967 the unit took its present name, to include the

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and

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. It held its annual dinner at the

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., often with one of the university vice-chancellors present.

Structure

Training is delivered by No. 6 Flying Training School RAF in south

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, off the A17, also the home of the

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(CFS) where all UK military pilots first train. Previous to 2001, training was in Nottinghamshire. It takes around 35 students a year, from September to early October. The unit has 8 staff, and meets each week, close to the west entrance of the University of Nottingham.

Alumni

* Flt Lt Jon Bond from Epping in Essex,

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pilot 2018–2021, Air Transport Management at Loughborough University in 2005, joined the RAF in 2007 * Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, Red Arrows pilotSean Cunningham
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EMUAS
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History

Structure

Alumni

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