Ascent Flight Training

On this International Day of Happiness ask yourself, do you love your job? At #RAFShawbury, we are looking for a QHI to join our instructors. Help train young people, while using the latest sims and helicopters. This is what happiness looks like! …tflighttraining.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/36…

Ascent's Team Culdrose has been boosting its energy levels, as they prepare for our new #UKMFTS Mission Aircrew training courses in 2027. A wellbeing day saw the team enjoy a variety of outdoor challenges, designed to build confidence, teamwork and a healthy dose of fun!

@RAF_Shawbury Check out the latest issue of RAF Shawbury's Aries Magazine, which features articles on Ascent's own Chloe Barker and Lesley Still (page 17).

Read the 2026 Edition 1 of the @RAF_Shawbury Aries magazine rafmags.co.uk/magazines/raf-… #rafshawbury

"Until remote or autonomous technology has improved significantly, then the real-time, near instant decision making that manned aircraft provide, cannot yet be replaced, making training systems such as #UKMFTS, essential for the foreseeable future." ascentflighttraining.com/the-future-of-…

As we celebrate #IWD2026, Ascent's female leaders are sharing their authentic stories with our staff. We are committed to our people, and our flexible working opportunities and enhanced maternity and partner pay are just some of the ways we help support women in our business.

Building work on our new Mission Aircrew training facilities at #RAFCranwell is progressing well. Our latest photos from #RAFCranwell show the first lift of brickwork complete, along with first board to all rooms and installation of M&E underway. #UKMFTS @Babcock @Kier

What do you do with outdated equipment that needs to be replaced? How can you sustainably reuse it, while benefitting your local community? Our teams at #RAFCranwell & #RAFShawbury found the perfect solutions recently, donating redundant AV screens to a local school and church!

Our instructors join Ascent from many different backgrounds, but all have a passion for aviation and for training. Sean Link, an Elementary Flying Training Instructor at #RAFCranwell, shares his journey in our latest profile. Read more: ascentflighttraining.com/people/a-posit…

We currently have some fantastic opportunities to join Ascent's teams across the UK, including beautiful Anglesey. ✈️ Lead FJT QFSI – Valley ✈️ Fast Jet Scheduling Manager - Valley ✈️ Service Delivery Manager – Valley 🚁 HR Advisor – Shawbury/Cranwell ascentflighttraining.com/careers/

📢We are delighted to welcome Adam Clink to the Ascent leadership team, as Deputy Managing Director. Adam brings a wealth of experience to our business, and comes to us from @LockheedMartin, where he was Chief of Staff for Europe.

It may not have been the Winter Olympics - but the Ascent team at #RAFValley achieved podium position at a recent Velocity 2 team fitness event! Neil, Danny and Pete formed one of two Ascent teams taking part in the competition with military colleagues. #UKMFTS

Ascent instructor, ‘Mitch’ Lloyd Jones, recently ditched her flying suit and headed for Abbey Road Studios, to record an episode of the Places She Shapes podcast with @ZoeSmeeth. Mitch teaches BFT at #RAFValley #UKMFTS. Share her story live on 15 Feb: pod.link/1812292057

As we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2026, we’d like to introduce Ascent’s very first apprentice, Aiden. Aiden joined Ascent’s busy IT team in September 2025 as a Cyber Security Apprentice, in partnership with @WestonCollege. Read more: ascentflighttraining.com/people/celebra…

As Ascent celebrates 10 years of Fixed Wing Training for #UKMFTS, we check out the all important stats! "A decade of progress, underpinning a future full of possibility." ascentflighttraining.com/celebrating-10…

Ascent celebrates a decade of training for the #UKMFTS Fixed Wing programme this week! 🎉Darren Arch, GM at #RAFCranwell shares his pride in this achievement - 10 years of commitment, innovation and hard work - in a new expert article. Read more: ascentflighttraining.com/celebrating-10…

We were delighted to be part of the team welcoming the Deputy Commander and flying instructors from the Polish 4th Training Air Wing to RAF Shawbury this week, demonstrating some of the fantastic training provided for #UKMFTS and #NFTE trainees.

Huge thanks to Ascent's HS&E Mngr, David, for a stimulating talk about his work as a volunteer Community First Responder. Many of our people provide help and support to their local communities, inspiring others when they share these experiences in our Engage & Learn sessions.👏

Meet Mission Aircrew Training Design Manager, Paul Whitham, winner of Ascent's Managing Director's Award 2025! 👏Paul says: "Most of us who went through training in the past would hope that we could put something back into something better." Read more: ascentflighttraining.com/people/md-awar…

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming #JonEggingTrust (#JET) Blue Skies 2 to #RAFCranwell, for a day focused on Leadership and Aspiration. Students engaged in activities designed to challenge their problem-solving skills and encourage teamwork to achieve shared goals.