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• Dec. 15, 2011 - Articles
  Santa's escort pilots are ready to go
  
  With Christmas rapidly approaching, the Canadian NORAD Region has finalized plans to track and escort Santa Claus during his visits to Canada with the selection of four CF-18 fighter pilots who will act as Santa's official escorts... » Read More
• Dec. 6, 2011 - Articles
  NORAD is ready to track Santa's flight
  
  The North American Aerospace Defense Command is getting ready to track Santa’s yuletide journey!... » Read More
• Nov. 29, 2011 - Articles
  Honouring the CF Op Mobile contribution
  
  The Royal Canadian Air Force showed off its talent, assets and flying capabilities in flyby over Parliament and an official ceremony on Nov. 24... » Read More
• Oct. 27, 2011 - Articles
  CF-188 Hornets on Op MOBILE drop first JDAM bombs
  
  Operation MOBILE continues to see new Canadian Forces air capabilities, this time in the CF-188 Hornet Flight of the Sicily Air Wing, a unit of Task Force Libeccio based in Trapani, Italy... » Read More
• Oct. 18, 2011 - Articles
  NORAD trains off coast of Nova Scotia
  
  Starting today, Canadians in southeastern Nova Scotia may see Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft flying overhead... » Read More
• Oct. 7, 2011 - Articles
  Ex Red Flag Alaska
  
  425 Tactical Fighter Squadron from 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., was invited to participate in the United States Air Force’s Exercise Red Flag-Alaska... » Read More
• Oct. 6, 2011 - Articles
  Oh, how time flies!
  
  Major Miguel Bernard joined an elite club on Aug. 15, 2011 when he flew his 3,000th hour in the CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft... » Read More
• Oct. 6, 2011 - Articles
  3 Wing Bagotville Mission Support Squadron returns from Libya
  
  Forty members of 3 Wing Bagotville, Que. returned home on Sept. 23rd after being deployed for nearly six months in Trapani, Italy on Task Force Libeccio as part of Operation Mobile... » Read More
• Aug. 30, 2011 - Articles
  Op Jaguar: Task Force Jamaica conducts first mission
  
  The request for aid came only hours after the CH-146 Griffon helicopter detachment, deployed to Jamaica on Operation Jaguar, was declared fully operational... » Read More
• June 21, 2011 - Articles
  3 Wing Bagotville Air Show
  
  The annual international Bagotville air show opened 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., to the public on June 11-12 so flight enthusiasts could get up close and personal with planes like the CF-18 Hornet and the newly acquired CC-130J Hercules... » Read More
• June 15, 2011 - Articles
  TF Libeccio members visit Agira Canadian War Cemetery
  
  In the Canadian War Cemetery in Agira, Italy, 490 identical headstones reach across a gently sloping hillside... » Read More
• June 8, 2011 - Articles
  3 Wing personnel returns from Op Mobile
  
  On May 17, Task Force Libeccio personnel from 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., returned from Operation Mobile, the Canadian Force’s participation in NATO’s Operation Unified Protector... » Read More
• May 17, 2011 - Articles
  Exercise Maple Flag 44 cancelled
  
  Canada's Air Force is cancelling this year’s Exercise Maple Flag 44, an international air combat training exercise scheduled to take place from May 30 to June 24, 2011, in Cold Lake, Alta... » Read More
• May 17, 2011 - Articles
  Exercise Combat Archer
  
  CF-18 Hornets and a CC-130 Hercules from 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., paired up with the United States Air Force in February for Exercise Combat Archer... » Read More
• Jan. 13, 2011 - Articles
  Belgians remember WWII RCAF crew
  
  July 3, 1943 was the worst night of operations to that date for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 432 Squadron... » Read More