News and Events - Air Force News

CF-18 Hornet fighter jets under the control of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) intercepted a Cathay Pacific flight on the afternoon of May 15, 2010...

One of the biggest stories coming out of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was that they brought Canadians together and contributed to an explosion of national pride that was felt from coast-to-coast...

Five fishermen who escaped from a burning fishing boat northeast of St. John's early Tuesday [May 4] credited safety training for saving their lives...

Having fought the battle herself, Major Deanna (Dee) Brasseur knows the importance of acknowledging, recognizing and diagnosing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

Lieutenant-General Marc Lessard presented the first-ever CEFCOM unit commendation to 1 Canadian Air Division for their work during Operation Hestia...

An aircraft nicknamed a “stringbag” hardly evokes the image of a fierce and menacing war bird known for disabling one of the most feared battleships in military history...

The Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence (SCONSAD) elected Senator Pamela Wallin (Saskatchewan) as chair of the committee last month...

The third annual Run for Military Families, a joint venture between the Commissionaires Ottawa and CFB Petawawa, will take place May 6 to 7 and span over 200 kilometres in the Ottawa and Petawawa regions...

Major Corey Crosby may not be the rock star – but he says he sure felt like one recently...

Only five months after successfully completing her treatments, Bobbi Howard-Muir is training for the two-day, 200km Ride to Conquer Cancer from Vancouver to Seattle June 19-20...

Op Nunalivut, Inuktitut for “land that is ours”, is a sovereignty and security operation taking place from April 6 to 30 in and around CFS Alert...

The military component of Operation Podium officially ended with the closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Winter Games in March...

April 18 to 24 is National Volunteer Week in Canada. Here’s how one person is making a difference by volunteering around the world...

Scores of Air Force personnel across Canada have no doubt taken note as the Canadian Forces marks the end of almost two decades of deployments in Bosnia-Herzegovina...

On Wednesday, April 14 a CC-177 Globemaster III of 429 (Transport) Squadron conducted its first flight to CFS Alert...