Dear members of the RCAF Team,
We want to start by thanking all of you for your collective efforts to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 spread. We know the current measures have impacted all of you and we are encouraged by your discipline and dedication to preserve RCAF capabilities – the most important of which is you and your families.
Embodying the speed, agility, and reach the RCAF strives for each and every day, we were proud to witness the 8 Wing Trenton team, supported by many operational and planning staff across the country, quickly come together to complete the important task of helping over 600 CAF members return to their home bases and cities after we suspended much of our CAF individual training. We have received, on your behalf, many kind expressions of thanks for returning members to loved ones via RCAF airlift.
In the context of on-going CAF pandemic response planning, our preparations continue to posture the RCAF to respond to requests for assistance if required. There's no doubt that air and space power will be a critical CAF enabler within any whole of government response to the COVID-19 pandemic or Op LENTUS scenarios such as forest fires, floods, or the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Efforts are underway to provide a large number of our Air Reservists with the option of a Class C (full-time) contract to help add valued capacity to our potential response efforts. We have declared a sizeable RCAF force package to CJOC to enable a more agile and…
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