Tag: RCAF
A message from the RCAF Command Team on COVID-19
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...
Our people: Captain David He
“I am very fortunate to work with an incredible group of talented and passionate people every day,” says Captain David He. “We work tirelessly...
Grace MacEachern, para-belle: An RCAF pioneer
Grace "Gracie" MacEachern (née Gagnon) was a pioneer for women at a revolutionary time for women's roles and rights. She was a para-belle, a romantic term...
Eric Watts, a natural leader
February is Black History Month throughout Canada. To mark the month, the RCAF is publishing articles about Black Canadians who, during or after their...
Recruits of Choice
By Major Mathias Joost
February is Black History Month. In this article, we examine the challenges that several Black Canadians conquered to become members of...
Lieutenant-Governor Lincoln Alexander was one of the first Black Canadians to serve in RCAF
February is Black History Month throughout Canada. To mark the month, the RCAF is publishing articles about Black Canadians who, during or after their...
Henry J. Langdon: An RCAF, industry and union pioneer
February is Black History Month throughout Canada. To mark the month, the RCAF is publishing articles about black Canadians who, during or after their...
RCAF Appoints new Reserve Chief Warrant Officer
The Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve welcomed its newly appointed Chief Warrant Officer in a ceremony held at 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario, on January...
Aviator to aviator: Visit with veteran ties RCAF history together
On January 7, 2020, 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron leadership from 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia, visited a living legend in the...
RCAF Lieutenant-Colonel John Roper receives U.S. Legion of Merit
“The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 20, 1942, has awarded the Legion of Merit (Degree of...
Aviation community says goodbye to Fern Villeneuve
Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame inductee and first leader of the RCAF Golden Hawks Demonstration Team, Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Joseph Armand Gerard Fernand “Fern” Villeneuve,...
Honorary Colonel Loreena McKennitt recognized for 12 years of service
Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger, commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Chief Warrant Officer Denis Gaudreault, RCAF command chief warrant officer, recently visited personnel...
Holiday greetings from 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region
During the 2019 holiday season, Royal Canadian Air Force leaders send greetings to RCAF personnel. Here is the message from 1 Canadian Air Division’s...
Holiday greetings from the RCAF command team
During the 2019 holiday season, Royal Canadian Air Force leaders send greetings to RCAF personnel. Here is the message from the Royal Canadian Air...
2019 HOLIDAY GREETINGS
Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger, Commander RCAF
Chief Warrant Officer Denis Gaudreault and I extend our warmest season’s greetings to all past and present RCAF Team members,...
Canadian NORAD Region hosts first Arctic Airpower Seminar
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...
