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As you know, the RCAF Association delivers RCAF Association News direct to your inbox each Friday, briefing you on the latest industry news that impacts your practice. But we know you are busy and may have missed an important article or two. To that end, here's your monthly recap of the top five stories your peers accessed last month. For more articles, or to see what's trending now, visit the RCAF Association News portal. To unsubscribe from this monthly recap, click here.
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CBC News
A time capsule opened recently in Saskatoon gave a look back 25 years, though Mother Nature hadn't been kind to all of the items that had been stowed there.
The capsule was sealed on Sept. 11, 1991, adjacent to the cairn in RCAF Park on Avenue C N. Veterans, Canadian Armed Forces personnel, the Royal Canadian Legion and others had placed items inside. "We had a list, but it wasn't quite complete," explained Cory O'Donnell, president of RCAF in Saskatoon. "Stuff had been added to the list afterwards. So we weren't fully sure what was in there."
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Ottawa Citizen
On a hot August day in Ottawa's west end, construction crews are banishing the ghosts of Nortel Networks.
In what used to be Lab 8 — one of more than a dozen interconnected facilities — skilled trades are busy securing doorways, installing floor-to-ceiling windows, and upgrading the wiring. The soft whirring of power drills echoes throughout the atrium. A layer of dust settles on flooring that's covered with protective plywood. It's a remarkable contrast from the past few years, when Lab 8 — a former hub for wireless R&D — sat mostly silent.
There is urgency now.
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Global News
For veteran Pat Pierce, the Royal Canadian Air Force training mission underway in southern Alberta is a blast from the past.
"I was in the Air Force for three years," he said. "I jumped with the army, the RCRs out of a C-119, which is way different than that Hercules." He is a volunteer with the Civilian Air Search and Rescue Association which helped the Air Force with a specialized search-and-rescue training mission in southern Alberta.
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Skies Magazine
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) marked the recent completion of a major upgrade of all 17 CC-130J Hercules aircraft, keeping Canada's CC-130J Hercules at the forefront of airlift operations. The 17th and last upgraded Hercules was received. The modifications include significant improvements to navigation, communication, and maintenance capabilities. The Hercules model J can now fly more efficiently amongst large commercial aircraft in heavily congested and controlled airspace and perform much more fuel-efficient long-range flights.
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Comox Valley Record
The head of the Royal Canadian Air Force declared to the press that the training centre for the future fixed wing search-and-rescue aircraft will be located in Comox.
Lt.-Gen Mike Hood stated this news when he met with the editorial board of The Vancouver Sun and The Province.
Mayor Paul Ives called it good news as the Town of Comox, along with the Comox Valley Economic Development Society and a technical working group comprised of retired senior military officers, have been strongly advocating Comox as the ideal home for the new aircrafts.
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