Training

The Royal Canadian Air Force is sharing its expertise with other air forces around the world, offering basic and advanced training of all types. Canada's training provides world-class technology and the opportunity to test new tactics in Canada's vast air space.

In recent years, it has marketed this expertise to military pilots from NATO and other allied countries.

  • Goose Bay Foreign Military Training, located at 5 Wing Goose Bay, provides a key tactical training environment for the combat aircrews of Canada's allies.
  • NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC), is a highly advanced fighter pilot training program which completely integrates international participation into its design.

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Training news

Three men wearing olive green or disruptive pattern uniforms stand in a row; with help from the man on the left, the man in the middle holds a large plaque.

Journeyman fighter force technicians graduate

Over the past year, 10 Field Technical Training Squadron has increased its capacity to train fighter force technicians. The most recent graduating class of technicians returned to their home units late last year to work as qualified journeymen on the CF-188 Hornet.
February 4, 2019

Six people wearing green military uniforms standing and smiling.

Air and Space Power Operations Course breaks down “stovepipes”

The 30-day intensive Air and Space Power Operations Course develops air- and space-minded officers who can effectively assess, plan and task dynamic and complex aerospace operations.
January 4, 2019

Many people—some wearing light or dark green disruptive pattern uniforms, or dark blue uniforms, some wearing red or white helmets—and three dogs gathered in a clearing in a wooded area, with white smoke rising in the background.

Light urban search and rescue technicians train in Massachusetts

Royal Canadian Air Force technical search specialists and structural collapse technicians from 8 Wing and 19 Wing trained with their U.S. counterparts and other agencies in Massachusetts in early November on Exercise Vigilant Guard.
December 10, 2018

A vintage photo of a person standing beside the fuselage of a large biplane that has its engine mounted on the top wing, with other aircraft and large buildings in the background.

Shearwater: the birthplace of maritime aviation in Canada

The second-oldest military airfield in Canada, the Shearwater air station at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has been home to Canada’s naval or RCAF maritime air squadrons since its inception in 1918.
February 7, 2018

Nine white and red fighter aircraft trail white smoke over the downtown core of a city as they fly past a very tall tower and over a rail yard.

The RCAF in Toronto: A story in photos

A collection of photographs highlights the shared history of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the city of Toronto.
August 31, 2017

Sergeant Caroline Linteau works as a meteorology technician and instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Sergeant Caroline Linteau: Meteorologist ad astra

As a meteorological technician, it is Sergeant Caroline Linteau’s job to track the weather and stay up-to-date to allow the Navy, Army and Air Force to carry out missions safely – and to pass her expertise to the next generation.
March 23, 2016

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