International Air Cadet Exchange
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Each summer (northern hemisphere), for a two week period beginning approximately on the third Tuesday of July and ending on the first Tuesday of August, hundreds of cadets from twenty nations broaden their understanding of aviation and different cultures through the International Air Cadet Exchange (IACE). Hundreds more youth, families, aerospace professionals and community leaders benefit from the Exchange by serving as hosts, tour guides and escorts, or by simply participating in local activities alongside the international cadets.
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[edit] Experiences that Last a Lifetime
IACE cadets enjoy special access to factories, airports, engineering labs and cockpits around the world as host nations showcase their cutting-edge aerospace technologies. Activities designed for the cadets promote a true sharing of ideas and enthusiasm for aviation and tap into this excitement to advance global friendship.
[edit] Character Development with a Global Perspective
The Exchange promotes more than a love of aviation. Character development is equally important. Cadets develop a better perspective on the challenges other countries face. The friendships they make through the Exchange help the world combat hatred and intolerance.
IACE is Leadership. Among the Exchange’s participants, you will find tomorrow’s engineers, technicians, scientists, mechanics, pilots and aviation enthusiasts. These aviation leaders of tomorrow will help maintain growth in the aerospace industry, which plays an important role in global commerce and scientific discovery.
IACE is Education. Through the Exchange, cadets grow to understand and appreciate the roles different nations play in aerospace. Since today’s economy is becoming more global and inter-dependent, young people develop positive attitudes toward international relations.
IACE is Friendship. Volunteer families support the Exchange, opening their homes to the international cadets, who for two weeks live with and become a part of the host family. IACE friends are friends for life.
[edit] 2007 Information
Approximately 70 cadets from Canada alone will be selected to participate in the 2007 exchange. Individuals will be selected to visit one of the following 12 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey or the United Kingdom. In addition to being the guests of a foreign country, most participants selected will spend two days getting to know their government and discovering their heritage.
