Tag: RCAF
New challenges for Canadian Armed Forces personnel
Are you a member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) looking for a new job and a new challenge? The Royal Canadian...
The RCAF Tartan: How it all began
On October 21, 2010, the Minister of Canadian Heritage officially declared April 6 as Tartan Day. We celebrate on that date because...
Master Corporal Andrea Lorinczy, third-generation CAF member
Master Corporal Andrea Lorinczy, from 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, is in Atlanta, Georgia, this week to compete in the annual Aerospace Maintenance...
RCAF technicians make a winning impression at aerospace maintenance competition
Royal Canadian Air Force air maintenance technicians know all about pressure. They know that Canadian Armed Forces’ readiness and the ability to...
Air battle managers support Exercise Antler South
Flying at speeds often exceeding 800 km/h and with limited situational awareness, fighter pilots rely on air battle managers (ABMs) to guide...
Former RCAF pilots inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame
Four new Members were inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame at its annual dinner and ceremonies, held on June 7, 2018, in...
Shearwater celebrates 100 years of maritime aviation
The air station now known as 12 Wing Shearwater has existed under many different names, and has been under the control of...
RCAF honorary colonels gather for maritime aviation-themed conference
By Ryan Melanson and Sergeant James Cowell 12 Wing Shearwater and 14 Wing Greenwood, both in Nova Scotia, co-hosted the Royal Canadian Air Force’s...
“Fueling the fire”: 435 Squadron delivers air-to-air refueling for a quarter century
This is a milestone year for 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron whose members are celebrating 25 years of operational air-to-air refuelling (AAR)...
Royal Air Force marks 100th anniversary by inspiring Canadian youth
To celebrate 100 years of the Royal Air Force (RAF), school and cadet groups across Eastern Ontario and Western Québec are having...
RCAF hosts Exercise Maple Flag 51
Exercise Maple Flag, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s largest and most complex international training event of the year, begins next week in Cold Lake,...
Operation Overlord: D-Day Remembered
The largest military invasion in history took place on June 6, 1944. The D-Day assault was a huge and complex undertaking—a multinational, combined...
RCAF trainees encouraged to make the most of their time between courses
Every day, Royal Canadian Air Force personnel safeguard our sovereignty from coast to coast to coast and participate in missions around the...
434 Squadron reborn to lead RCAF’s operational testing and evaluation
A ceremony was held at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton, Ontario, today to mark the re-birth of the...
From Tholthorpe to Trenton: the history of 434 “Bluenose” Squadron
On May 31, 2018, 434 Squadron will be re-established as 434 Test and Evaluation Squadron. It will be part of the Royal Canadian...
Colonel Ralph Hamilton Annis, January 11, 1931 – May 14, 2018
Ralph Hamilton Annis was born on January 11, 1931, and grew up in McAdam, New Brunswick. He enrolled in the RCAF at...
