With 420 staff across the UK, and close working with our military customers and suppliers, Teamwork is one of Ascent's core Values. Our HQ-based Finance team were delighted to join colleagues at #RAFCranwell, to find out more about what they do and life as a #UKMFTS trainee.

Exciting changes are happening at RNAS Culdrose, with new infrastructure and opportunities. If you dream of living the beach life, with a work-life balance that fits your lifestyle, and a job that you love, it’s time to join us. Check out our brochure https://t.co/vxhNt8pfaO

We are delighted to welcome Chloe Barker as the new Managing Director of Ascent. Chloe joins us from @BabcockInternationalGroup, where she was MD of its UK Aviation business. Chloe has been an Ascent Board member and joins us with a firm understanding of our business #UKMFTS.

The Future ISTAR Rear Crew Training System building is taking shape at #RAFCranwell as we create new infrastructure for #UKMFTS Royal Navy and RAF mission aircrew students here and #RNASCuldrose. Picture shows ground and first floors have been poured, and internal works started.

Catch up with our Head of Business Development, Mark Bate, if you are attending the Military Flight Training expo #MFTUSA next week. He'd love to chat about future Fast Jet and AI optimisation!

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We were delighted to support 22 Group as they welcomed a team from the French Air Force to #RAFValley. The theme was ‘transformation’, and our French colleagues experienced our latest mixed and virtual reality simulator upgrades for Texan and Hawk and discussed data analytics.

Meet Michael - Ascent's Snr Commercial Mngr and Company Secretary. Michael has been with Ascent since its inception in 2008 and has seen a lot of changes as we have expanded and developed our training solutions. Read more in our latest people profile: https://t.co/H9nvdXEw9N

Ascent has been working with @EDF Nuclear's staff to deliver a bespoke Crew Resource Management course, focussing on cognitive agility, mental performance, situational awareness and threat management. A series of courses this autumn have been delivered at Heysham and Hartlepool.

Want to do more of what you love? We have some amazing opportunities across our UK sites and Training Hub for Pilots, Flying Instructors, a Business Co-ordinator, Courseware Development Specialist and Technical Project Manager. Now is the time to join us! https://t.co/GZjFOVkMg0

Huge thanks to Ascent BFT QI, Vince Hargreaves, for an inspiring talk to our Bristol staff. Vince, a former RAF pilot, shared his experiences of a Hawk T1 engine failure over the Irish Sea in 2006. “I was having a crisis day in the office that day for sure” he told colleagues.

Congratulations to Ascent’s Dick Dyson, who has become our very first Phenom Qualified Synthetic Flying Instructor within #UKMFTS. Previously, all Ascent Phenom QFIs instructed in the air and in the synthetic environment and Dick is the first fully synthetic instructor.

Did you know that the Ascent/#UKMFTS Juno aircraft at RAF Shawbury have now flown more than 103k hours? In fact, in total, our rotary wing aircraft have flown more than 115k hours as of August 2025, as part of the UK’s military flying training programme. https://t.co/Lwjjsn4hqx

Our teams are celebrating the handover of a new building that will enable improved maintenance of survival equipment and better working conditions for Aircrew Equipment Assemblies staff, fast jet pilots and trainees within the Ascent/#UKMFTS Moran Building at RAF Valley. @Babcock

Our latest update from #RAFCranwell, shows the skeleton of the new Future ISTAR and Rear Crew Training System (FIRCTS) training centre taking shape. FIRCTS will bring major advances to training at Cranwell & #RNASCuldrose, with new operational buildings @BabcockInternational.

We were delighted to support #JETRide25, with Ascent staff from #RAFShawbury and #RAFCranwell joining hundreds of cyclists to raise money for the worthy #JonEggingTrust. We have supported JET for many years, regularly hosting youngsters at our sites for coaching and inspiration.

Congratulations to Naval Reservist Gary Clark, an Ascent FJ Instructor #RAFValley, who has been awarded one of the Fleet Air Arm’s highest honours. The Queen Elizabeth Sword is presented to the person making the most significant impact on the delivery of carrier-based air power.

The BAE Systems Hawk T2 has been the mainstay of #UKMFTS fast jet training since 2011, and while discussions about a replacement are ongoing, it certainly looked majestic as it flew into #RIAT25. Find out more about the Hawk T2 and see more photos: https://t.co/yJHlHOQMv0

Have you heard about the September reset? It's when the holidays are over and it's back to full steam ahead at work. Time to refocus and start that new career you keep thinking about! Check out Ascent's latest opportunities - and push that reset button. https://t.co/GZjFOVkMg0

Congratulations to the #UKMFTS trainees who graduated from their Basic Fast Jet Flying Training at No. 4 Flying Training School last week and were awarded their wings. They will now progress on to their Advanced Fast Jet Flying Training before they reach their front-line units.