INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRON (UAS) SYSTEM

In today's highly volatile and fast paced world, the Royal Air Force (RAF) is at the leading edge of the United Kingdom's commitment to both national and international security. 

The nature of the RAF today means that we are constantly at the forefront of modern technology, and deploying this technology in many vastly differing arenas of operations.  However, this technology would be useless without the highly trained and motivated Officers and Non-Commissioned ranks that operate it. 

To this end, the RAF needs a continuous intake of young men and women with good academic ability and high personal qualities to train as commissioned officers. In view of the increasingly complex and sophisticated nature of modern defence systems and techniques, the Air Force Board has decided that a high proportion of commissioned entrants should be university graduates.

Some entrants may prefer to graduate first, and enter the RAF later as graduate direct entrants: some will find it advantageous to read for their degree as a RAF sponsored student; and some, who wish to be considered as potential pilots, may prefer to join a University Air Squadron (UAS) before committing themselves.

Flying in the Tucano on Summer Vacation Attachment at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, 2005

This site deals specifically with those undergraduates who wish to join a UAS, specifically Liverpool UAS.

Use the links above to find out more about what a UAS is and the aims of the UAS system.

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