Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch) an initial filter interview at an ATC Wing HQ. This interview is usually chaired by the OC Wing who holds the rank of Wing Commander Air Cadets. Others present at the filter interview may include the Wing Executive Officer who is nowadays a civil servant that may also hold the rank of Squadron Leader RAF VR(T) and one or more Wing Staff Officers in the rank of Squadron Leader/Flight Lieutenant Air Cadets. The Chair of the interview panel must have attended and passed the RAF's Short Interview Technique Course. Candidates who successfully pass this filter interview are then called forward
Structure of the Royal Air Force in 1989 are listed under the airfields where they were based. The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) was commanded by an Air Vice-Marshal and provided reinforcements to the Royal Air Force, which were manned by civilians and called upon in times of need or war. Although all RAuxAF units had been disbanded in 1957 it lived on in three Maritime Headquarter Units, which provided ground and air crews for the Nimrod MR.2s of No. 18 (Maritime) Group. In 1979 the RAuxAF returned to life with the formation of three Field Squadrons to provide ground airfield defence at Royal Air Force airfields. During