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Canadian Forces Base Greenwood (IATA: YZX, ICAO: CYZX), or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east [1] of Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora and CP-140A Arcturus anti ...
The Greenwood Military Aviation Museum is located on CFB Greenwood. The base began its life in 1942 as RAF Station Greenwood, and in July 1944 became RCAF Station Greenwood. Following the Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968 the base became CFB Greenwood. The museum was begun in 1992 after being initiated by base commander Colonel ...
Some of the RCAF stations listed in this article link to facility descriptions containing the prefix "CFB" (Canadian Forces Base) or "CFS" (Canadian Forces Station). These facilities were at one time RCAF stations, but changed to CFBs or CFSs following unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968. Most former RCAF stations still in use by ...
The Royal Canadian Air Force took over the facility in 1944, renaming it RCAF Station Greenwood, a name it maintained until the 1 February 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces which saw the airfield and associated facilities renamed CFB Greenwood. In July 1997 the air base became one of eleven operational wings in Canada, and was designated ...
With the closure of Summerside, the squadron relocated to CFB Greenwood on June 10, 1991. [3] The CH-113 Labrador was used during this time. On July 13, 2006, 413 Squadron suffered the first fatal crash of a Cormorant in Canadian service when a CH-149 (Aircraft 149914) based at CFB Greenwood crashed while conducting a night training exercise ...
Greenwood Raceway, a defunct harness horse-racing track in Toronto; Greenwood Terrace, a public housing estate in Chai Wan, Hong Kong; CFB Greenwood, an RCAF/Canadian Forces base located near the village of Greenwood; GreenWood, an amusement park in Wales; Green Wood Centre, Shropshire, formerly the Greenwood Trust, a centre for the coppice revival
The squadron was reformed on April 30, 1951, at RCAF Station Greenwood as 404 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron. On 17 July 1956, 404 Squadron was redesignated as a Maritime Patrol squadron, and when the CP-140 Aurora came into service the title was changed again to 404 Maritime Patrol and Training Squadron .
Louis Cormier become principal of the school again in 2010. In May 2011, the Annapolis Valley, the school and CFB Greenwood hosted for the first time the Jeux régionaux de la Nouvelle-Écosse (Jeux de l'Acadie) of that year. [11] As of 2014, Judy Streatch, former Nova Scotia Minister of Education, is the school's principal.