The #RCAF maintains their readiness by drawing on the experience they gain through important allied training exercises throughout the year.‎ Take a look back to NORAD Exercise ARCTIC EDGE from February 24 – March 6, 2020, as 440 Squadron transported supplies, personnel and equipment to remote ski-way ice camps off the north coast of Alaska. Their unique and extreme-cold-weather-tested skills enable year-round #Arctic operations. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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The #RCAF maintains their readiness by drawing on the experience they gain through important allied training exercises throughout the year.‎ Take a look back to NORAD Exercise ARCTIC EDGE from February 24 – March 6, 2020, as 440 Squadron transported supplies, personnel and equipment to remote ski-way ice camps off the north coast of Alaska. Their unique and extreme-cold-weather-tested skills enable year-round #Arctic operations. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Green light! Back in July, the RCAF took part in Exercise MOBILITY GUARDIAN, an international readiness exercise in the Indo-Pacific region. Check out this video showing an RCAF Hercules and crew participating in an airdrop over The Mariana Islands. Working closely with our partners and Allies from 🇦🇺, 🇫🇷, 🇯🇵, 🇳🇿, 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 on operations, in realistic situations such as #ExMOBILITYGUARDIAN, helps the RCAF maintain the speed, flexibility, and readiness required for agile combat employmen
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Green light! Back in July, the RCAF took part in Exercise MOBILITY GUARDIAN, an international readiness exercise in the Indo-Pacific region. Check out this video showing an RCAF Hercules and crew participating in an airdrop over The Mariana Islands. Working closely with our partners and Allies from 🇦🇺, 🇫🇷, 🇯🇵, 🇳🇿, 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 on operations, in realistic situations such as #ExMOBILITYGUARDIAN, helps the RCAF maintain the speed, flexibility, and readiness required for agile combat employmen
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RCAF Search and Rescue teams have to be ready at a moment’s notice. Go behind the scenes of 435 Squadron’s CHINTHEX for a poignant look at how our SAR crews do what they do “so that others may live”. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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RCAF Search and Rescue teams have to be ready at a moment’s notice. Go behind the scenes of 435 Squadron’s CHINTHEX for a poignant look at how our SAR crews do what they do “so that others may live”. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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A Tuesday Throwback to Exercise ARCTIC EDGE where the #RCAF’s 436 Transport Squadron conducted extreme cold weather paradrop operations with the U.S. Army on February 29, 2020. This is how we #StayReady to protect the Canadian Arctic region! | Royal Canadian Air Force
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A Tuesday Throwback to Exercise ARCTIC EDGE where the #RCAF’s 436 Transport Squadron conducted extreme cold weather paradrop operations with the U.S. Army on February 29, 2020. This is how we #StayReady to protect the Canadian Arctic region! | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Check out these highlights from week two of Exercise Maple Flag 50! #RCAF #FriendsPartnersAllies Canadian and multinational aircraft alongside RCAF tactical helicopter squadrons, transporting troops and equipment at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta. #ExMapleFlag: http://bit.ly/22rikkw 🎥 MCpl HJL MacRae and Cpl J Roy, 4 Wing imaging Canadian Armed Forces Canadian Army United States Air Force 4 Wing MFRC - Cold Lake CRFM région de Montréal / MFRC Montreal Region | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Check out these highlights from week two of Exercise Maple Flag 50! #RCAF #FriendsPartnersAllies Canadian and multinational aircraft alongside RCAF tactical helicopter squadrons, transporting troops and equipment at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta. #ExMapleFlag: http://bit.ly/22rikkw 🎥 MCpl HJL MacRae and Cpl J Roy, 4 Wing imaging Canadian Armed Forces Canadian Army United States Air Force 4 Wing MFRC - Cold Lake CRFM région de Montréal / MFRC Montreal Region | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Exercise PHOENIX WARRIOR: 2 Wing Bagotville trains to be ready to respond to crisis and disaster #RCAF #Training #OurForces Members of 2 Wing built a camp at CFB Bagotville during the collective training portion of Exercise PHOENIX WARRIOR. The camp was built in five days, September 19-23, and was used for operations from 26 to 30 September 26-30, 2016. The training updates the knowledge of current members, while also allowing the 80 new members of the unit to be brought up to the same high leve
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Exercise PHOENIX WARRIOR: 2 Wing Bagotville trains to be ready to respond to crisis and disaster #RCAF #Training #OurForces Members of 2 Wing built a camp at CFB Bagotville during the collective training portion of Exercise PHOENIX WARRIOR. The camp was built in five days, September 19-23, and was used for operations from 26 to 30 September 26-30, 2016. The training updates the knowledge of current members, while also allowing the 80 new members of the unit to be brought up to the same high leve
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Exercise SEA DRAGON 2023 is now wrapped up! Since March 15, members of 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron and their CP-140 long-range patrol ️aircraft, together with partners from 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 & 🇺🇸, conducted the United States Navy-led anti-submarine warfare exercise. BZ to all! | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Exercise SEA DRAGON 2023 is now wrapped up! Since March 15, members of 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron and their CP-140 long-range patrol ️aircraft, together with partners from 🇮🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 & 🇺🇸, conducted the United States Navy-led anti-submarine warfare exercise. BZ to all! | Royal Canadian Air Force
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“Boat Camp”, 103 Search and Rescue Squadron’s annual maritime extraction exercise has concluded in St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador! 🌊🇨🇦 Working together, squadron members practiced hoisting to and from various kinds of vessels and liferafts to ensure their readiness to rescue sick and injured mariners. Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Civil Air Search and Rescue Association all took part in the exercise which hones life-sa
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As the Royal Canadian Air Force modernizes fleets, capabilities, and tactics to address current and future threats and mission sets, the plan for how it trains its personnel for future operations is also being updated through the RCAF Training Modernization Strategy and integrated Future Air Force Training System (FAFTS). At schools like 16 Wing’s Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations in Cornwall, Ontario, new teaching and training techniques are being trialled to help students
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Jets filled the #ColdLake skies to kick off the month of March during #ExWINTERBLITZ, 4 Wing’s deployed at home force generation exercise. Operations, maintenance, and mission support were coordinated throughout the wing during this two week period to maximize #CF18 sortie rates. Squadrons were able to complete numerous upgrades, qualifications, and training missions. #trainlikeyoufight #RCAF #teamwork #fightertown | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets slicing through the Mach Loop at the Bwlch in Wales. 👀 These jets and their crews are operating out of RAF Waddington as part of Exercise Cobra Warrior, and will eventually continue on to Exercise Tarassis in Estonia. Photographer Gareth Jones (@gwjphantom) captured this epic footage. Thanks for sharing, Gareth! #RCAF #CF18 #MachLoop #CobraWarrior #MilitaryAviation | Skies Plus
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Check out the CC-295 Kingfisher in action! From Sept 8–12, 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron teamed up with Portuguese and Spanish partners during the Advanced Search and Rescue Exercise #ASAREX25. ✈️ 6 aircraft 🛫 22 sorties ⏱️ 40 flying hours Teamwork in action 💪 saving lives through collaboration. #ThatOthersMayLive #ParaQueOutrosVivam #RCAF #413Sqn #CC295Kingfisher #SAR #Rescue #FriendsPartnersAllies #NATO 📸MCpl Simon Arcand | Royal Canadian Air Force
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The first long-range flight with no instructor is quite a moment in the career of an #RCAF Multi-Engine pilot. Recent graduates at 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School in Portage La Prairie recently conducted ‘Student-Mutual’ flights to Regina and back to build confidence and form bonds with their course mates. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Get an inside look at ATAC 2501, the RCAF ’s most advanced tactical aviation training course. From mission planning to mixed formation flying, see how 1 Wing and Canadian Army leaders—alongside international allies—train to lead in today’s complex joint operations environment. Shot at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, this year’s course pushed the limits of interoperability, precision, and leadership. Don’t miss the action! 🎥 S1 Amy Langlois, 4 Wing | Royal Canadian Air Force
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In October, RCAF personnel wrapped up an intense three-week participation in #CobraWarrior 25-2, a high-tempo multinational exercise hosted by the Royal Air Force. After wrapping up #CobraWarrior 25-2, the RCAF headed to Estonia for #TARASSIS. As part of #OpREASSURANCE, the teams rehearsed Agile Combat Employment (ACE) alongside NATO allies in a series of activities to strengthen our readiness and reinforce our commitment to collective defence. #RCAFRecap2025 | Royal Canadian Air Force
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The RCAF recently participated in AMALGAM EAGLE 25, a tri-national, live-fly exercise executed by NORAD, focused on cross-border air-defence operations to improve readiness for major events such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup. During the exercise, an unresponsive aircraft was intercepted by both Canadian and US fighter aircraft to ensure compliance of simulated air traffic restrictions over the city of Toronto, Ontario. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Check out these epic views of #RIMPAC 2020 and the #RCAF's Cyclone! Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) has wrapped up in Hawaii. RIMPAC is a unique training opportunity designed to foster and sustain cooperative military relationships amongst nations seeking to promote peace and security in the Asia Pacific Region. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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This coffee’s the bomb! The #RCAF-hosted annual Exercise TAZ RUNNER involves explosive ordnance disposal units from across the Canadian Armed Forces and the country. They come to 19 Wing Comox each year to train on the latest equipment, such as the tEODor unit seen here. Here we show tEODor making coffee. Why coffee? Making a cup of coffee uses a similar skill set to rendering an explosive device safe. – fine motor skills, precision, and a steady hand. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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On July 24, the RCAF’s first CT-102B Astra II training aircraft took to the skies at Tussenhausen-Mattsies, Germany for the very first time during a test flight. The 23-aircraft CT-102B fleet will be a key part of the Future Aircrew Training Program, and will be used to instruct pilots on their Basic Flying Training to be conducted at 15 Wing Moose Jaw. Upon their arrival in Canada, the first aircraft will be used to support the ongoing development of the FAcT program – an effort that is expecte
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During Operation CADENCE, nearly 400 military members were deployed as part of the Air Task Force. They came from several RCAF Wings—including 1 Wing, 2 Wing, 3 Wing, and 4 Wing—as well as the 4th Artillery Regiment (General Support) of the Royal Canadian Artillery. The Air Task Force included RCAF CH-146 Griffon and CH-147F Chinook helicopters, which provided air mobility for the transport and movement of material, equipment, and personnel. All contributed directly to the success of the mission
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#12DaysOfRCAF2022 - Day 12. Home in time for the holidays! After 4 months of securing the Romanian skies and training with our NATO allies, the CF-18s deployed as part of ATF-Romania returned home from their deployment on Op REASSURANCE at the beginning of December. Check out our Instagram page @rcaf_arc for all the #12DaysOfRCAF2022 videos! | Royal Canadian Air Force
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Mission: Keep the runway bird-free. Meet our top gun with talons. | Royal Canadian Air Force
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The final episode of our Day in the Life of the RCAF YouTube series, Episode 14, is now live on the Skies Magazine YouTube channel! In this episode, we explore one of the RCAF’s primary search-and-rescue aircraft types, the CC-130H Hercules. This massive aircraft can carry roughly 80 passengers, can operate on short, unpaved runways, and has a range of more than 7,200 kilometres. Hear from 435 Squadron about day-to-day operations with the Herc. We would also like to once again congratulate the R
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U.S. vs Canada Air Power Comparison - Real Air Force Strength Explained
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Exercise: Cormorant Helicopter responds to a simulated plane crash. Full medical.
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Royal Canadian Air Force on Instagram: "🚁 Ready to take flight? From day to night, tactical aviation delivers mobility, reconnaissance, and firepower in support of the Canadian Army. Whether you are drawn to the precision of the Air Force or the boots-on-the-ground mindset of the Army, tactical aviation offers a unique blend of both worlds. Join the team that keeps the mission moving and where precision meets power! https://forces.ca/en/apply-now/ 📷 Avr Marcos Resch, 4 Wing Cold Lake"
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Royal Canadian Air Force | The weather might cloudy and windy, but it’s perfect for the start of 103 Search and Rescue Squadron’s annual ‘Boat Camp’ which began in... | Instagram
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Royal Canadian Air Force 435 Transport and Rescue SquadronLockheed CC-130H(T) Hercules 130341 arriving at RAF Waddington after participating in Exercise Cobra Warrior 25-2. #rcaf #royalcanadianairforce #lockheedhercules #c130 #lockheedc130
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Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) C-130 departing from RAF Washington during Exercise Cobra Warrior #cobrawarrior #rcaf #canadianairforce #c130 #militaryplane
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