Two senior officers from the New York Air National Guard of the United States Air Force visited Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 19 and 20, 2019, as part of the first official 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region (1 CAD/CANR) Arctic Airpower Seminar.
Colonel Michele Kilgore and Colonel Clifford Souza, commanders of the 109th Airlift Wing and 109th Operations Group respectively, engaged in discussions with a diverse group of operators, specialists and advisors to talk about training and operational opportunities that would benefit the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and its United States Air Force (USAF) allied partners.
Brigadier-General Ed “Hertz” Vaughan, deputy commander of CANR and deputy Combined / Joint Forces Air Component commander for 1 CAD/CANR, hosted the two-day seminar.
A partnership last September between the RCAF and the 109th Airlift Wing executing Operation Boxtop, the mission to bring supplies to Canadian Forces Station Alert in Nunavut, prompted him to invite members of the 109th Airlift Wing to the seminar to exchange information on processes and objectives.
“The Arctic is critically important to the security and defence of North America, and our ability to survive and operate in the Arctic domain are essential parts of our daily mission at 1 CAD/CANR,” said Brigadier-General Vaughan. “We established this series of seminars to help build relationships and deep dive into the specific of polar…
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