Operational pause ordered on Royal Canadian Air Force CT-114 fleet
The CT-114 Tutor is used by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team – Photo from the Royal Canadian Air Force / Facebook As a result of the accident involving a 431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron CT-114 Tutor aircraft on August 2, 2022, in Fort St. John, B.C. the Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division has ordered an operational pause on the CT-114 fleet. As the Operational Airworthiness Authority...
Statement marking National Peacekeepers’ Day
August 9, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, and Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino issued the following statement today to recognize National Peacekeepers’ Day: “Today, we are proud to honour...
Canadian soldier of the First World War identified
July 28, 2022 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have confirmed the identity of a previously unknown soldier as Company Sergeant-Major David George Parfitt, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. His headstone, in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France, identified him only as an unknown sergeant-major...
Establishment of 3 Canadian Space Division
Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger (sitting left) at the establishment of 3 Canadian Space Division – Photo from the RCAF/ Facebook On July 22nd, Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and Brigadier-General Mike Adamson, Commander of 3 Canadian Space Division, participated in a ceremony that marked the...
A Barrier-Free DND is the Goal, your input is the ask
The Accessible Canada Act (ACA) came into effect on July 11, 2019. This legislation provides a great footprint for Government of Canada departments to create a barrier-free Canada. By preparing an Accessibility Plan, actions will be taken to remove barriers for the Defence Team to improve accessibility for everyone in the department. In alignment with and in the spirit of this legislation, the...
A life grounded in the RCAF
1st Lt Robert Heckadon in the cockpit of the first plane he learned to fly, the Harvard Basic Trainer. | Le capitaine d’aviation Robert Heckadon dans le poste de pilotage du premier avion qu’il a appris à piloter, l’avion-école Harvard. In the early 1950s, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan helped to establish a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot training program to meet the...
Canada moves forward with the acquisition of aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force
July 14, 2022 – Ottawa – Department of National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada has finalized a contract to acquire the first two aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) that will replace and renew the capability currently fulfilled by the CC-150 Polaris fleet and later become part of the Strategic Tanker Transport Capability...
The new Canadian Defence Academy Self-Development Program offers education opportunities and funding
A new educational expense reimbursement (EER) program went live in August 2021, reopening opportunities and funding to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Regular Force and Primary Reserve members. The new CAF Self-Development Program (MILPERS Instruction 01/21) allows CAF members to submit new applications in the Self Development Reimbursement Education Expense Reimbursement software (SDPEER.)...
Change of Command at 1 Canadian Air Division and Canadian NORAD Region
MGen Eric Kenny speaks at the Change of Command Ceremony for 1 Canadian Air Division (1CAD) on July 7th in Winnipeg, Man – Photo courtesy of the Royal Canadian Air Force/ Facebook Command of 1 Canadian Air Division, Canadian NORAD Region, Joint Force Air Component and Search and Rescue Region Trenton was passed from Major-General Eric Kenny to Major-General Iain Huddleston on July 7th in...
New Supervisor Trouble
Dear CCMS, My new supervisor is very sullen and at times surly. When he arrives in the morning, I greet him with “good morning”. Most of the time he just walks by as if I don’t exist and sometimes he says “we’ll see about that”. He treats me like I don’t know anything as he won’t delegate work to me or double checking my work. I do know what I am doing having worked in the government for 25...
