Definition of Air training corps

The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is a voluntary youth group which is part of the RAF Air Cadet Organisation, supported by the MOD, with a regular RAF officer, currently Air Commodore Gordon Moulds, serving as Commandant Air Cadets (Cmdt AC). The cadets and the majority of staff are civilians and, although a number of its members do go on to join the RAF or other services, the ATC is not set up as a recruiting organisation. The enrolment age for the Air Training Corps is 13, and most cadets need to leave at 18 years old unless they choose to return as adult volunteers (see membership).