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Forces">Community Cadet Forces</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Cadets_(United_Kingdom)" title="Sea Cadets (United Kingdom)">Sea Cadet Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Cadets" title="Royal Marines Cadets">Royal Marine Section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Cadet_Force" title="Army Cadet Force">Army Cadet Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Cadet_Corps" title="Volunteer Cadet Corps">Volunteer Cadet Corps</a></b> <ul><li>Royal Navy Section</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Volunteer_Cadet_Corps" title="Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps">Royal Marines Sections</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets</a></b></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:#efefef"> <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British Overseas 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Islands Cadet Corps</a></b></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:#efefef"> Former Components</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding-top:0.2em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Defence_Cadet_Corps" title="Air Defence Cadet Corps">Air Defence Cadet Corps</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Cadet_Corps" title="Bermuda Cadet Corps">Bermuda Cadet Corps</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Training_Corps_for_Girls" title="National Association of Training Corps for Girls">National Association of Training Corps for Girls</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Nautical_Training_Corps" title="Girls' Nautical Training Corps">Girls' Nautical Training Corps</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Adventure_Corps" title="Hong Kong Adventure Corps">Hong Kong Adventure Corps</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Air_Cadet_Corps" title="Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps">Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps</a></b></li> 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It is a registered charity,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a member of <a href="/wiki/NCVYS" class="mw-redirect" title="NCVYS">The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NCVYS_members_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCVYS_members-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Corps Commandant is Yvonne McCarthy. The GVCAC receives no funding from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> (MoD). All adult staff members are subject to <a href="/wiki/Disclosure_and_Barring_Service" title="Disclosure and Barring Service">DBS</a> checks.<sup id="cite_ref-GVCAC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GVCAC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The GVC has its origins in 1940 as part of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Girls%27_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Association of Girls' Corps (page does not exist)">National Association of Training Corps for Girls</a>. This umbrella organisation was responsible for the Girls' Training Corps (GTC), <a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Nautical_Training_Corps" title="Girls' Nautical Training Corps">Girls' Nautical Training Corps</a> (GNTC) and Women's Junior Air Corps (WJAC).<sup id="cite_ref-GVCAC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GVCAC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Womens_Junior_Air_Corps.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Womens_Junior_Air_Corps.png/200px-Womens_Junior_Air_Corps.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Womens_Junior_Air_Corps.png/300px-Womens_Junior_Air_Corps.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Womens_Junior_Air_Corps.png/400px-Womens_Junior_Air_Corps.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1560" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> based WJAC members in the 1950s.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_woman_to_break_sound_barrier">First woman to break sound barrier</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First woman to break sound barrier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Walker_Spitfire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Walker_Spitfire.jpg/220px-Walker_Spitfire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Walker_Spitfire.jpg/330px-Walker_Spitfire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Walker_Spitfire.jpg/440px-Walker_Spitfire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="290" /></a><figcaption>Diana Barnato Walker climbing into the cockpit of a Spitfire whilst serving with the <a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Auxiliary" title="Air Transport Auxiliary">Air Transport Auxiliary</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Diana_Barnato_Walker" title="Diana Barnato Walker">Diana Barnato Walker</a></div> <p>Former <a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Auxiliary" title="Air Transport Auxiliary">Air Transport Auxiliary</a> pilot, Diana Barnato Walker, became a pilot for the Women's Junior Air Corps (WJAC) shortly after the war, giving cadets training and air-experience flights to air-minded teenage girls to encourage them to enter the aviation industry. In July 1948, an aircraft that she was flying caught fire near <a href="/wiki/White_Waltham_Airfield" title="White Waltham Airfield">White Waltham</a>. Rather than bail out and lose the WJAC's aircraft, she switched off the fuel and glided the aircraft back. In 1963 she undertook a flight in an <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning" title="English Electric Lightning">English Electric Lightning</a>, attaining 1,262 mph (Mach 1.65) in a two-seat T.4 trainer and thus became the first British woman to exceed the speed of sound.<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Girls_Venture_Corps">Girls Venture Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Girls Venture Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964 the Girls Venture Corps replaced both the GTC and WJAC. The previous year, the Girls' Nautical Training Corps became more closely involved with the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Cadet_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)">Sea Cadet Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-GVCAC_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GVCAC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1980 became an integral part of the Sea Cadets and ceased to be a separate organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Girls Venture Corps had two wings corresponding to the former GTC and WJAC; it was common at this time for former GTC units to share premises with <a href="/wiki/Army_Cadet_Force" title="Army Cadet Force">Army Cadet Force</a> units and for former WJAC units to share premises with <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a> units. From 1983, girls were accepted into the ACF and ATC, which caused many GVC cadets to transfer to their respective counterparts.<sup id="cite_ref-107sqn_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107sqn-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was decided that the GVC would focus on air activities and in 1987, at the request of its membership, the organisation was renamed the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schempp-Hirth_Ventus_2b_glider_being_launched_at_Lasham_Airfield_in_UK.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Schempp-Hirth_Ventus_2b_glider_being_launched_at_Lasham_Airfield_in_UK.jpg/250px-Schempp-Hirth_Ventus_2b_glider_being_launched_at_Lasham_Airfield_in_UK.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Schempp-Hirth_Ventus_2b_glider_being_launched_at_Lasham_Airfield_in_UK.jpg/375px-Schempp-Hirth_Ventus_2b_glider_being_launched_at_Lasham_Airfield_in_UK.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Schempp-Hirth_Ventus_2b_glider_being_launched_at_Lasham_Airfield_in_UK.jpg/500px-Schempp-Hirth_Ventus_2b_glider_being_launched_at_Lasham_Airfield_in_UK.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption>Gliding</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duke_of_Edinburgh_Award">Duke of Edinburgh Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Duke of Edinburgh Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Award" title="The Duke of Edinburgh's Award">The Duke of Edinburgh's Award</a></div> <p>The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme is a voluntary, non-competitive programme of practical, cultural and adventurous activities for young people aged 14 to 25. The Award programme has three levels, Bronze, Silver and Gold, and Cadets are often encouraged to achieve these awards as they progress through their cadet careers. The Award is widely recognised by employers as it helps demonstrate that holders are keen to take on new challenges, have a higher level of self-confidence than their counterparts, and have leadership qualities with experience of teamwork. </p><p>Until 2008, some cadets aged 16 or over participated in the Duke of Edinburgh's <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Volunteers" title="Millennium Volunteers">Millennium Volunteers</a> Award. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aviation_awards">Aviation awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aviation awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is opportunity for all Cadets to undertake practical gliding and powered flying,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> underpinned by training courses in aviation subjects. </p> <ul><li><b>Air Discovery</b> (from age 11 onwards) <ul><li>Basic study and practical experiments</li></ul></li> <li><b>Air Ability</b> (ages 12–13) provides an introduction to: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Traffic_Control" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Traffic Control">Air Traffic Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weather" title="Weather">Weather</a></li> <li>Engines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flight" title="Flight">Flight</a> and Navigation Theory</li></ul></li> <li><b>Air Proficiency</b> (age 13+) <ul><li>Air Traffic Control & Radio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meteorology" title="Meteorology">Meteorology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_navigation" title="Air navigation">Air Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_propulsion" class="mw-redirect" title="Air propulsion">Propulsion</a> & Theory of Flight</li></ul></li> <li><b>Air Brevet</b></li></ul> <p>To gain this qualification a single specialist subject is studied: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_engineering" title="Aerospace engineering">Aeronautical Engineering</a> (Engines)</li> <li>Air Navigation</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Challenge_Award">Challenge Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Challenge Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Challenge Award has <i>drill and etiquette</i>, <i>service to the community</i>, <i>life skills</i>, <i>outdoor/adventure activities</i>, <i>interests/skills</i>, and <i>physical recreation</i> sections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Drill_and_etiquette">Drill and etiquette</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Drill and etiquette"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The GVCAC, as a uniformed youth organization, sets itself and its members very high standards, including dress and behaviour. Drill (marching) is a vital part of encouraging teamwork, discipline, co-operation and self-confidence. Practicing drill is a means of instilling discipline and teamwork; it is also used in formal parades, for moving around military bases and moving cadets in a smart and orderly fashion. The Corps instills good manners and customs (<a href="/wiki/Etiquette" title="Etiquette">etiquette</a>) into cadets' behaviours; this transfers into having respect for each other, their family and is often well received by prospective employers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GVCAC Cadets can also take part in the <a href="/wiki/International_Air_Cadet_Exchange" title="International Air Cadet Exchange">International Air Cadet Exchange</a> (I.A.C.E), and <a href="/wiki/Nijmegen_Marches" class="mw-redirect" title="Nijmegen Marches">Nijmegen Marches</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flying_and_Gliding_Scholarships">Flying and Gliding Scholarships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Flying and Gliding Scholarships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RAFA_Flying_Scholarship">RAFA Flying Scholarship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: RAFA Flying Scholarship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piper.pa32.cherokee.six.g-bxwp.arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Piper.pa32.cherokee.six.g-bxwp.arp.jpg/220px-Piper.pa32.cherokee.six.g-bxwp.arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Piper.pa32.cherokee.six.g-bxwp.arp.jpg/330px-Piper.pa32.cherokee.six.g-bxwp.arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Piper.pa32.cherokee.six.g-bxwp.arp.jpg/440px-Piper.pa32.cherokee.six.g-bxwp.arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2038" data-file-height="1435" /></a><figcaption>Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Air Force Association">Royal Air Force Association</a> each year invites applications from both the <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">ATC</a> and GVCAC for a limited number of flying scholarships.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ducat-Amos_Gliding_Scholarships">Ducat-Amos Gliding Scholarships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ducat-Amos Gliding Scholarships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007 six grants were awarded to GVCAC Cadets which enabled attendance on a weekend course at a local gliding club. The scholarships were named after Air Commandant Barbara Ducat-Amos CB RRC (1921–2008), Director of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Nursing_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Air Force Nursing Service">Royal Air Force Nursing Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The headquarters is in <a href="/wiki/Tinsley,_South_Yorkshire" title="Tinsley, South Yorkshire">Tinsley, South Yorkshire</a>, east of the <a href="/wiki/Tinsley_Viaduct" title="Tinsley Viaduct">Tinsley Viaduct</a> at junction 34 of the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1 motorway</a>, off the Tinsley Roundabout at the start of the <a href="/wiki/A631_road" title="A631 road">A631</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Meadowhall_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Meadowhall Centre">Meadowhall Centre</a> is nearby to the west. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ranks">Ranks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ranks_of_the_cadet_forces_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ranks of the cadet forces of the United Kingdom">Ranks of the cadet forces of the United Kingdom</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cadet_ranks">Cadet ranks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cadet ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As well as learning new skills by working through the GVCAC syllabus, experienced cadets can be awarded a <a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">rank</a>. The GVCAC allows its cadets to take on responsibility and leadership as non-commissioned Officers or <a href="/wiki/NCOs" class="mw-redirect" title="NCOs">NCOs</a>. </p> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin:1em auto;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th rowspan="3"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_the_Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets.svg/101px-Flag_of_the_Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets.svg.png" decoding="async" width="101" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_the_Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets.svg/151px-Flag_of_the_Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets.svg.png 1.5x, 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</td> <td>CDTUSGT </td> <td>CDTSGT </td> <td colspan="2">CDTCPL </td> <td>CDTLC </td> <td>LCDT </td> <td>CDT </td> <td>RCT </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Staff_ranks">Staff ranks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Staff ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th>Insignia </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GVCAC_Honorary_Corps_Commandant.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/GVCAC_Honorary_Corps_Commandant.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="90" data-file-height="65" /></a></span></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GVCAC_Senior_Officer.png" 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with)</i> <ul><li>RAF skirt</li></ul></li> <li>Camp uniform <ul><li>Blue shirt or polo shirt</li> <li>Navy blue sweatshirt</li> <li>Lightweight green trousers</li> <li>Black trainers</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unit_locations">Unit locations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Girls_Venture_Corps_Air_Cadets&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Unit locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"> <tbody><tr> <th>Region 1 </th> <th>Region 7 </th> <th>Region 9 </th> <th>Region 11 </th> <th>Region 12 </th> <th>Region 18 </th> <th>Region 25 </th></tr> <tr> <td>South Shields (Tyne & Wear) </td> <td>Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire) </td> <td>Culver (Isle of Wight) </td> <td>RAF Marham (King's Lynn, Norfolk) </td> <td>Feltham (Middlesex) </td> <td>Hednesford (Staffordshire) </td> 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