The ATC is made up of four levels of command. From top down they are:

The ATC is the larger part of the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO), along with the RAF sections of the Combined Cadet Force. Headquarters Air Cadets (HQAC), based at RAFC Cranwell, controls the organisation; and there are subordinate HQs at Region and Wing levels staffed by officers of the RAF Reserve and civil servants. A regular RAF Air Commodore serves as Commandant Air Cadets. The Current Commandant Air Cadets is Air Commodore Ian Stewart.

The Corps is divided geographically into six Regions, Our squadron is a member of Wales and West Region. Headquarters Wales and West region is based at DCAE Cosford and is commanded by our Regional Commandant Group Captain R J Allen RAF(R).

Each Region is sub-divided into Wings, there are 6 Wings in our Region and 36 Wings overall, most named after the one or two counties that they operate in. Our squadron resides in Staffordshire Wing. Headquarters Stafford Wing is located at MOD Stafford and is commanded by Wing Commander Grant Kearns RAFVR(T).

Each wing contains a number of Squadrons or in towns not large enough to sustain a squadron of 30 cadets, a Detached Flight (DF) may be formed. This operates much like any other unit, but is technically a component part of a nearby larger squadron. Staffordshire wing has 31 Squadrons. The Corps currently has 926 squadrons and approximately 48 Detached Flights.