15 Medicine Hat RCAS
15 Medicine Hat Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, stood up on September 28, 1941, and has been a part of the Medicine Hat Community ever since. Offering Medicine Hat youth, the opportunity for adventure, skills, friendship, flying and more.
We welcome anyone ages 12 - 18 come join our squadron.
Opportunities
We strive to provide an exciting environment filled with opportunities.
We have Field Training Exercises where we camp overnight to learn and practice survival skills.
Familiarization Flying where cadet shave the opportunity to experience powered flight.
Gliding Days when our flight instructors take cadets flying in a glider.
Be sure to check out the Flying section below for more on cadets flying.
We also have Range , Marksmanship and Bi Athlon, where cadets learn to fire the C12A1 Air Rifle, and compete at a local and provincial levels.
For those sport minded cadets we have Sports Nights, where we participate in physical activities, indoor sports, outdoor activities or go to our local Recreation Centre for a night of swimming or skating. We also have a basketball and volleyball teams that compete in local competitions.
Training
Several courses and training are available to learn more about aerospace and its technologies. We instruct several technical courses on aviation related trades such as air traffic control, airport operations. As well as courses on the mechanical aspect of aviation, covering operations of instruments and mechanics of aircraft.
Air Crew Survival
The Air Cadet Program covers the learning of survival skills. Each year we try to plan an "Air Crew Down" exercise where cadets have the opportunity to practice different techniques such as preparing a fire, building a shelter or making themselves visible to the rescue team. Whenever possible these exercises include a overnight stay in the outdoors in the shelters built to fully experience the survival skills of a flight crew.
Flying
Members of the Air Cadet Program will be given opportunities to fly in an airplane or glider during their time with the cadets. During this flight, the pilot demonstrates certain movements of the aircraft and explains the important phases of the flight. It is a perfect opportunity to see in practice all the concepts taught during training. Cadets who will be 16 years of age and older by September 1 the year the course is taken and who will have completed the Level 3 program can apply to pilot training. These summer courses allow you to become a glider or power aircraft pilot (called a private pilot's license).
