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• Aug. 19, 2009 - Articles
  437 Squadron achieves the long awaited IOC status
  
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• Aug. 13, 2009 - Articles
  Cadets' spirits soar with tour of CF-18 fighter jet
  
  About 20 air cadets imagined the freedom – and possibly their future - when the CF-18 Century Hornet touched down at 8 Wing Trenton on July 16...
• July 17, 2009 - Articles
  Weekend of wonders thrills tens of thousands at 8 Wing Trenton
  
  They came by the thousands – more than 70,000 in all - to 8 Wing/CFB Trenton’s Canadian Forces and Air Display Weekend July 4 and 5...
• July 14, 2009 - Articles
  One last flight – a life’s celebration
  
  The late Colonel (retired) Peter Graham Howe, a former Sabre pilot who served with the Air Force for 30 years, made one final flight on Saturday, July 4, at the 8 Wing Trenton, Ont. Open House...
• July 13, 2009 - Articles
  Gates a reminder of wartime training plan
  
  The ornate gates at 8 Wing Trenton have silently commemorated the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) for the past 50 years...
• July 2, 2009 - Articles
  424 Sqn Griffon at SAR MEET 2009, Netherlands
  
  The Royal Netherland Air Force conducted an international SAR competition from the 25th to 29th of May 2009 combined with celebrating 50 years of SAR by the RNAF. This meet was hosted and organised by 303 Search and Rescue Sqn based in Leeuwarden, Netherl...
• June 19, 2009 - Articles
  CAS recognizes Major Colton for Speaking Excellence
  
  LGen Watt recently presented a special award to Major Micky Colton, a pilot with 426 Squadron, for her “outstanding support to the Air Force Speakers Bureau.” Major Colton was one of the first volunteers to sign up with the Bureau when it launched last...
• June 11, 2009 - Articles
  The Multi-Engine Utility Flight: 8 Wing’s newest addition
  
  For those who regularly watch the skies around 8 Wing, you may have noticed a new type of aircraft sporting the Air Force roundel...
• June 5, 2009 - Articles
  Globemaster III demonstrates STOL capability at Mountain View
  
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• June 5, 2009 - Articles
  Military and Municipalities train together in emergency response exercise
  
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• June 2, 2009 - Articles
  New Multi-Engine Utility Flight at Trenton
  
  The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay today announced the contracting of Aero Support Canada Inc. to provide aircraft and maintenance support at 8 Wing, Trenton...
• May 13, 2009 - Articles
  424 Squadron deploys on training exercise
  
  Personnel from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron at 8 Wing Trenton, Ont., participated in TIGEREX 2009, a training exercise, from May 4 to 7...
• May 8, 2009 - Articles
  8 Wing Environmental Management Office: Small but mighty
  
  The 8 Wing Environmental Management Office is a small team with a big job. The mission of this six-member office is to “manage and deliver a world-class Environmental Compliance and Advisory Program to the Wing,” a task which they excel at to ensure 8 Win...
• May 6, 2009 - News Releases
  Search and Rescue Exercise in Barrie, Ontario
  
  424 Squadron will be conducting a Search and Rescue exercise from May 4th to May 7th, 2009. The exercise will involve military aircraft and helicopters as well as search and rescue personnel and Canadian Coast Guard assets. There will be simulated casualt...
• May 6, 2009 - Media Advisories
  Search and Rescue Exercise in Barrie, Ontario
  
  BARRIE – Media are invited to cover search and rescue training in the Barrie-Orillia region on May 5th, 2009. 424 Search and Rescue Squadron is conducting a search and rescue exercise in the Barrie-Orillia area from May 4th to 7th. The aim of the exerc...