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11.

A further review of the Junior Training organisation is

in hand

to take account of the latest forecasts of recruiting trends and the implications of the Government's review of defence

expenditure.

ROYAL AIR FORCE

Ground Training

12. A common training syllabus has been introduced at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, and the Officer Cadet Training "nit, Henlow, which will ensure that all new officers are trained to the

same standard.

13. A revised pattern of command and staff training, outlined in the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1973 (Cmnd. 5231), has been adopted by the Royal Air Force and introduction will be completed by August 1975.

14. The organisation and resources of Training Command have been reviewed as part of the continued search for economies in training. At the end of 1973, Headquarters 24 Group at Rudloe Manor responsible for ground training was closed and its tasks transferred. with a saving in staff, to the Headquarters of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command. A continuing and compre- hensive review of the total training task enables the redeployment of essential training into fewer but more cost-effective units. koyal Air Force Stations at Manby, Upwood, Spitalgate and Debden will be closed. Apprentice training has also been reviewed, in relation to the raising of the school leaving age, and is now being confined to training a substantially smaller number of dual-skill tradesmen.

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