MEET... Flt Lt Alex May

Alex May - ACF/CCF Signals Webmaster

Alex was born in 1985 in Gloucester. At the age of 10 his family moved down to Bournemouth where he attended Pokesdown County Primary and Bournemouth Grammar School. Whilst attending Bournemouth Grammar School, he Joined the Combined Cadet Force as a member of the Royal Air Force Section. He became involved with the Signals Troop, gained his Crossed Flags and attended courses at RSS Blandford. Shortly after gaining his CASI award, he was allowed to attend more courses at RSS Blandford as cadet DS. He later became the Cadet IC RAF section and IC Signals Troop. He continued to assist with the courses at RSS Blandford and became an Under Officer. Following various delays he joined the Royal Navy and was commissioned as a Midshipman. He continued to assist at RSS Blandford whenever his leave coincided with the courses. After 10 months, Alex left the Navy and returned to being an Under Officer with Bournemouth School CCF.

Alex applied to become a supernumerary officer with the Army section of the CCF however a vacancy in the Royal Air Force section meant that he re-applied for a commission with the RAF section. Alex was commissioned as a Pilot Officer VR(T) in July 2006 and was promoted to Flying Officer in July 2008 after two years service within the cadet forces. In December 2010, Alex transferred to The Thomas Hardye School CCF. In September 2011, Alex took over as Officer Commanding of the RAF Section and was promoted to Flight Lieutenant.

Alex is involved with the Data comms side of the National Radio Network. With the recent advances allowing e-mail and SMS messages to be sent over HF radio, he was invited to supply a demonstration station at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2006. He has also been giving presentations and demonstrations to all the students on courses at RSS Blandford since the new system was available and is at the forefront of the Harris system.

Alex continues to represent the ACF and CCF at the Air Training Corps Conferences and continues to work with other services to promote tri-service activities. He has also taken on the job of Webmaster for the Air Cadet Communications Website.