• Practice physical distancing • Keep fit • Follow force protection measures • Stay connected • Be ready to deploy wherever and whenever needed in service to Canada Canada.ca/defence Dear members of the RCAF team, As you are aware, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is taking exceptional and unprecedented measures to do our part in Canada’s concentrated effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. These steps are necessary to ensure the health and safety ofRead More

RCAF Public Affairs Women have been involved in Canada’s military service and contributed to Canada’s rich military history and heritage for more than 100 years. We have been fully integrated in all occupations and roles for more than 20 years, with the exception of serving on submarines. That service was opened to women by the Royal Canadian Navy on March 8, 2000. The number of women in uniform has fluctuated over the years, with theRead More

Joanna Calder “The air force experience taught me the value of self-respect, discipline, and confidence, and those are elements that have served me well throughout my life. They apply to all areas, whether the air force, the law, or politics,” said Lincoln Alexander in his 2006 memoir Go to School, You’re a Little Black Boy. Alexander, Canada’s first black person elected to the House of Commons, first black federal cabinet minister, and first black personRead More

Joanna Calder As Remembrance Day, November 11th, approaches, we honour those who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Deep in the New Brunswick forest lie pieces of metal wreckage, partly covered in pine needles. They have been there for 80 years. Nearby is a new granite monument honouring the two Canadian airmen who died at the site—the first to lose their lives on Canadian soil during theRead More

Cliff Kenyon Capt. Brian Kilroy can’t hide his enthusiasm telling you about the fun he had this summer. And for good reason, he got to fly his favourite CF-18 Hornet every weekend in twists and turns as well as represent 4 Wing Cold Lake and the Royal Canadian Armed Forces (RCAF) across the country and a stop in the U.S. Kilroy was this year’s CF-18 Hornet demonstration pilot flying at air shows from June untilRead More

RCAF The second week of July, 2019, was an exciting one for some members of 413 Search and Rescue Squadron as they left 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia, and headed north for the Arctic Buoy drop. This was the first time 14 Wing had been tasked with this annual mission. The crew flew to Resolute Bay, Nunavut, which served as their home base for the two days it took to successfully drop the buoys. ResoluteRead More