RAF World: From the Ground Up

Step up with RAF World: From the Ground Up, the Royal Air Force's first virtual event of 2026 taking place on Wednesday, 4 February, right on the doorstep of National Apprenticeship Week.

This is your chance to explore how careers in the Royal Air Force are built from the ground level, offering an inside look at the skills, expertise and teamwork. Whether you’re starting to think about apprenticeships, fascinated by engineering and technology, or inspired by the challenge of service, this event is your access point to discover what’s possible.

What’s waiting for you:

• Live Q&As with RAF experts – Hear first-hand from those who’ve trained, qualified and built careers through RAF pathways.
• Apprenticeship Insights – Explore routes into the RAF, from technical trades to specialist roles and see how you could begin your journey.
• 11 Team Specialist Rooms – Meet professionals across engineering, logistics, pilots, intelligence, cyber, medical and more.
• 360° Interactive Experience – Step inside RAF bases and operations shaping the future of defence and see how every role connects to the mission.

Your future could start here.

Interested in an apprenticeship or ready to take on a new challenge? This is your chance to find out how the RAF builds careers, from the ground up.

How do I join the virtual event?

An event access link will be sent by email ahead of the event, using the address you supplied during the registration process. Please keep an eye on your email inboxes (spam and junk folders too).

To join, click on the link enclosed in your email at the event start time. This will open the event on your default web browser. RAF World is fully mobile responsive and is accessible across any device. However, if accessing on a mobile device, please be aware that if you join a chatroom with the recruiters, this will show on Microsoft Teams and you may be asked to download the free app on your device for this.

Please note the official event stream link will only be distributed via Eventbrite to ticket holders therefore any third-party links shared on social media should not be trusted. We will never ask you to provide any card details to access the event so if you see this during the event, please report it to your cardholder.

If you have any technical difficulties, please contact us at raf@identityglobal.com and a member of our team can assist.

Want more information?

If you want to learn more about the RAF, please:

• Visit our website
• Connect with us on Facebook
• Check out our YouTube channel

Consent and Privacy

If you are registering to attend the RAF World virtual event, we would like to keep you informed of some further career and event opportunities within the RAF, with the data you’ve provided, as well as using your personal data for statistical purposes.

We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place technical and organisational procedures to secure the data we collect about you – for example using varying levels of encryption. We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with have an obligation to keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.

To register your interest in a role with the RAF you must be at least 15 years and 9 months or above (Full-time RAF), or minimum 18 years (Reserve) and be a UK National based in the UK.

Please note, that you can opt-out at any time. For full details on how we use and store your personal data please view the MOD Privacy Notice.