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Global News
Major-General Alain Pelletier with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) confirmed for reporters on Tuesday that the Cyclone helicopter involved in the deadly crash in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Greece, had very recently undergone maintenance.
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CBC News
A remotely-operated U.S. Navy submersible will search the ocean floor off Greece for the wreckage of a Canadian air force maritime helicopter and its missing crew members.
The CH-148 Cyclone went down as it was approaching HMCS Fredericton in the Ionian Sea following a surveillance training mission on April 29.
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Ottawa Citizen
With the Iraq mission pretty much at a standstill because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Forces has pulled its helicopters and associated air crews from the country.
Three Griffon helicopters based in Petawawa and three from Edmonton returned from Iraq in mid-April, Department of National Defence spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande confirmed in an email.
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Global News
Canada’s minister of defence offered condolences and thanked both first responders and members of the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds while visiting a growing memorial to Sunday’s deadly plane crash.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said that he recently spoke to the family of Capt. Jennifer Casey, who was killed when the CT-114 Tutor aircraft she was riding in suddenly fell into a residential neighbourhood shortly after taking off from Kamloops Airport on Sunday.
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NORAD
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, U.S. and Canadian members from the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region are supporting homeland defense operations at the Joint Air Defense Operations Center in the National Capital Region.
“The men and women of NORAD have the watch,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Marc Sasseville, commander, NORAD’s Continental U.S. Region. “From fighter, tanker, and rotary wing units sitting alert, to ground-based air defense, to command and control...we remain vigilant and dedicated to performing our no fail homeland defense mission.”
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Burn Parish Council
The commanding officer of a Canadian air force squadron flew 4,000 miles in October 2012 to attend a special event in our village.
Lieutenant Colonel Maryse Carmichael unveiled a new memorial stone in the village on Sunday 28 October, to commemorate the founding of 431 Squadron at the village’s World War Two airfield exactly 70 years previously.
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Ottawa Citizen
A Cyclone helicopter was flying close to a Canadian frigate for a photo shoot and was getting ready for a landing when it crashed into the sea off the coast of Greece, the Canadian military confirmed recently.
This newspaper reported on May 11 that a number of serving Canadian Forces personnel stated the Cyclone was conducting a high-speed, low altitude pass near HMCS Fredericton when the crash happened.
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Global News
John Diefenbaker was the prime minister of Canada and Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States when Canada purchased the RCAF Snowbird jet that crashed in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday morning.
The iconic aerobatic team’s public affairs officer, Capt. Jenn Casey, died in the accident. The pilot with her in the CT-114’s side-by-side cockpit, Capt. Richard MacDougall, suffered serious though non-life-threatening injuries.
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Vintage Wings of Canada
For as long as humans have, in their infinitely selfish wisdom, found it necessary to go to war, they have also conscripted innocent and unwitting animals to accompany them into their war hells — to carry their equipment, to support their knights, to track their enemies, to make their suicidal charges, to sniff out their insidious mines. From Hannibal and “Elephant Bill” Howard's pachyderms to Sir William Marshall's charger and the Light Brigade's plunging steeds to the terrifying Alsatians of German PoW camps and even the mythical Rin Tin Tin who was rescued from a First World War battleground, animals have played a huge part in the story of warfare.
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RAFBF
Dear Friend,
The RAF Benevolent Fund has today launched a major new campaign in its centenary year. We are urging the public to help us repay the debt we all owe to our RAF veterans and their families who are in need of help. In particular, we need to reach out to the National Service and World War Two veterans, before it's too late. They put on the uniform of our country when we needed them to, the least we can do is be there for them when they themselves need our help.
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SPAADS Reunion 2020
The 2020 Reunion will be held in the beautiful city of Montréal at an excellent time of the year.
Montréal offers a wide range of things to do and see right from the hotel. Your reception package will have tourist info including downtown maps. Stay a few extra days at the hotel, or with friends, and enjoy the opportunity to visit this vibrant city.
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CanadaHelps
People who wish to make donations to the Air Cadet League, through the SPAADS effort can do so at this link.
RCAF
Envisioned as Canada's premier and world class youth development movement, the Air Cadet program seeks to encourage and enhance the development of well-adjusted, civic minded youth in undertaking leadership roles in a great Canada and a better world. The Air Cadet League of Canada's mission is to promote Canadian youth to develop an interest in aviation and aerospace and to provide opportunities to engage in enriching program elements such as physical education, music and public speaking.
Since 1941, the Air Cadet League of Canada has supported the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, both financially and through the efforts of our dedicated volunteers, to ensure that Canada's
Supporting Air Cadets makes a difference in the lives of young people. Let's work together to make sure that every Cadet has the opportunities — donate today!
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Air Cadet League of Canada
Were you an Air Cadet? The Air Cadet League wants to know where being an Air Cadet has taken you; join the Air Cadet Alumni and share your "Cadet Story" with us.
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