Capt Mike Wolter, 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron This year 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron celebrates 25 years of operational air-to-air refuelling (AAR) with the CC-130HT Hercules tanker aircraft. 435 “Chinthe” Squadron is located in Winnipeg, but reports to 19 Wing Comox. For a quarter of a century, 435 AAR crews have seen the world through myriad exercises and operations, delivering an important capability for Canadian and allied fighter jets. By the end of 1992,Read More

Jeff Gaye The distinctive roar of the Belgian Air Force’s F-16 fighters has been heard around Cold Lake since their arrival on May 29, ten days before Exercise Maple Flag began. Detachment Commander Maj Sébastien Mesmaeker said the 10 aircraft and 114 personnel are on block training in North America. They had been at Mountain Home Air Force Base in the United States before coming to Cold Lake. The detachment is one of two F-16Read More