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Government of Canada
Colonel Colin Keiver, 8 Wing Trenton's commander, opened the base gates and welcomed the 2017 Honorary Colonels' Conference to Canadian Forces Base Trenton, ON, earlier this year.
This year's conference was a tremendous mix of briefings, networking and tours of the many strategic functional areas of Trenton.
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Gouvernement du Canada
Le colonel Colin Keiver, commandant de la 8e Escadre Trenton, a ouvert les portes de la base et a accueilli les participants à la conférence des colonels honoraires de 2017 à la base des Forces canadiennes Trenton, en Ontario, plus tôt cette année.
La conférence de cette année a combiné merveilleusement des séances d'information et de réseautage, ainsi que des visites des nombreux endroits fonctionnels stratégiques de Trenton.
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Global News
North Korea is to be the main topic of discussion at a summit Canada will host in the new year, Global Affairs announced.
The summit will be co-hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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CBC News
A Russian weather satellite and nearly 20 micro-satellites from various nations, including Canada, failed to enter their designated orbits following the launch from Russia's new cosmodrome, another blow to the nation's space program.
The Roscosmos space agency said it has failed to establish communications with the Meteor M 2-1 satellite that was launched atop a Soyuz-2 booster rocket from Russia's new Vostochny launch pad in the Far East. The agency says it's trying to determine what happened.
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Defense News
Lockheed Martin will be testing whether its F-35 jets can battle an icy runway.
According to a company statement, the F-35 Lightning II testing is part of the certification process for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. It will continue over the next several weeks in Alaska.
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Aviation Today
As the proliferation of mobile device usage in flight operations continues to grow across all segments of aviation, general aviation pilots could soon have the option of going mobile to obtain instrument flight rules (IFR) clearances. Engineers at Mitre have been researching and developing a new mobile IFR clearance prototype to learn more about how this concept works and its future potential in aviation.
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IBCC
It is with immeasurable sadness that we have to announce the death of International Bomber Command Centre Chairman, Tony Worth CVO, after a brief battle with cancer.
Tony was the creator and driving force behind the project which is being built to ensure that the story of Bomber Command can be preserved and told for future generations, and that the service and sacrifice of those who lost their lives can be honoured. Closely bound with this concept was his desire to tell of Lincolnshire's contribution to the outcome of the Second World War.
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Defense News
Without explaining its decision, the Indian Ministry of Defence recently scrapped a long-pending, $1 billion anti-tank guided missile deal with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
The ministry officially communicated to the Israeli defense company that the man-portable Spike ATGM tender is being retracted under defense procurement procedure DPP-2011.
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Ian Allan Travel
On Aug. 17, 1917, South African General Jan Smuts presented a report
to the British government's War Council setting out his ideas on the future
of air power. The report was duly approved and led to the formation of the
world's first air force being born on the April 1, 1918.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) was formed by the amalgamation of the
squadrons and military personnel of the British Army's "Royal Flying Corps"
(RFC) with the Royal Navy's "Royal Naval Air Service" (RNAS).
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Sea King Retirement Committee
After more than 50 years of service, the Sea King will be retired December 2018 at 443MH Victoria. Advance planning is underway. Visit www.skr18.ca for updates.
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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