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Government of Canada
Sergeant Jocelyn Mayer of 438 Tactical Helicopter "City of Montreal" Squadron, located at St-Hubert, Quebec, won the top award at the end of the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Class 17-3, an intense leadership course in Tennessee, U.S.A.
For six weeks, more than 100 senior non-commissioned officers (NCOs) sharpened their skills in managing air units at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center.
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Gouvernement du Canada
Le sergent Jocelyn Mayer, du 438e Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères « Ville de Montréal », basé à Saint-Hubert, au Québec, a remporté le premier prix du groupe 17-3 de l'académie des sous-officiers, à la suite du cours de leadership intense donné au Tennessee, aux États-Unis.
Pendant six semaines, une centaine de sous-officiers supérieurs ont perfectionné leurs aptitudes à gérer des unités aériennes au I.G. Brown Training and Education Center.
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CBC News
A new and crucial wrinkle has emerged in the Liberal government's first major military equipment purchase: the ongoing saga to replace the air force's fixed-wing search and rescue planes.
The losing bidder in the $4.7 billion program has told CBC News that it was never informed there was flexibility within the federal government's proposed acquisition budget.
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Skies
A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) delegation recently conducted a preliminary anthropometric examination of the cockpit of the Airbus C295W aircraft, which has been selected for Canada’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) program. The examination at Airbus's Seville, Spain, C295W final assembly line allowed the RCAF to gain more a detailed familiarity with the aircraft's design and layout from a human factors perspective, demonstrating that RCAF equipment such as flight clothing, helmets and night-vision goggles will integrate with the flight-deck.
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Canadian Manufacturing
The federal government has awarded B.C.'s KF Aerospace a pair of multimillion-dollar contracts to look after two sets of planes for the Royal Canadian Air Force.
The first deal is worth $21.8 million and will ensure the country's CC-115 Buffalo search and rescue aircraft are kept in working order. The RCAF has a half-dozen of the de Havilland planes, which are based in Comox, B.C. The maintenance contract covers three years and includes an option to extend the deal into a fourth year.
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CBC News
Boeing says its trade complaint against Bombardier is designed to prevent the Montreal-based rival from using subsidies to build a larger version of the CSeries plane that would directly compete with its own flagship narrowbody 737 aircraft.
Boeing recently filed a document with the U.S. International Trade Commission that sheds new light on the tit-for-tat dispute between the two aerospace manufacturers.
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Skies
Now into its 50th iteration, Exercise Maple Flag, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)'s largest and most complex international training event of the year, has begun at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta. "Exercise Maple Flag, and those like it, enables the RCAF to continue its history of generating world-class air power," said MGen Christian Drouin, commander of 1 Canadian Air Division and the Canadian NORAD Region.
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CBC News
Canada is extending its commitment to an international maritime security mission in the waters off the Middle East for another four years, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced today.
"It is a clear display of our solidarity with partners and allies in the global fight against terrorism," Sajjan said of Operation Artemis, Canada's contribution to a multinational maritime security force in the region.
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Attention all ex- and currently-serving members of 442 Transport and Rescue Sqn/ 121 KU/ 442 Auxiliary Fighter Sqn/ Number 14 Fighter Sqn. We will be celebrating 75 years of service to Canada with a squadron reunion. The 75th Reunion celebrations will take place from June 2-4, 2017, in Comox B.C. For more information or interest, please contact Capt. Corey McPhee at 442sqn75th@gmail.com and follow us on Facebook at 442 Squadron 75th Anniversary (@442Sqn75th) as more details become available.
RCAF Airwomen's 13th Reunion will be held in Moncton, NB, from June 2-4, 2017. For more information, contact:
Glen Cole
911-800 Chieftain St.
Woodstock, ON, N4T 1T8
E-mail: glencole@bell.net
Phone 1-519-290-0352
Please visit this website for more information: http://www.rcafairwomen.ca/Reunion_13_Letter.php
Calling all Thunderbirds home to the nest!! This year, we're celebrating our 75th anniversary and are hoping to have the flock come home to help us remember our history and heritage. Please mark Oct. 20-22 in your calendar and join us for a huge party. If you have humorous stories or anecdotes to share, please send them to the following address:
MWO Christine Krueger
426 Sqn 8 Wing/CFB Trenton
PO Box 1000, Stn Forces
Astra, ON, Canada K0K 3W0
christine.krueger@forces.gc.ca
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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