RAF Regiment Career

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Dear Royal Air Force,
I would be grateful if you would provide responses to the following questions:
Could you please confirm to me that the RAF Regiment recruits share the same Conditions of Service as other RAF Ground Airmen and Airwomen. For example:
1. That they are initially recruited on a 9 year engagement which may be extended to 12 and 15 years reckonable service on application.
2. The prospect of extended service is related to an applicant’s grade at presentation to the Personnel Selection Board.
3. Extension of service beyond 15 years is related to promotion. Further Service beyond 15 years is linked to promotion in order to ensure retention in the Service and the offer of balanced careers to the best personnel available.
4. The latest available statistics for the percentage of RAF Regiment recruits remaining in service at the end of each year, up to the 22 year point.
a) The average length of service at each rank up to Warrant Officer 1 (WO1).
b) The percentage of those gaining promotion at each rank up to WO1.
c) The percentage of those promoted to WO1 from the initial intake.
I look forward to hearing from you in due course and thank you in anticipation of your kind assistance in this matter.

Yours faithfully,
Paul Jackson

Air-DResSec-ParliBusiness@mod.gov.uk, Royal Air Force

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Good afternoon,

 

Please find attached a response to your FOI request 2023/05478.

 

Kind regards,

 

Air Command Secretariat