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The Canadian Forces have leased aircraft from vendors to help transport troops and equipment from Canada and other locations in the past decade. Transport aircraft have been leased as required. Despite RCAF marking all aircraft have civilian registration numbers. Beechcraft B300 Super King Air. Two aircraft leased from Transwest Air Limited.
The Canadian Air Force (CAF) was established in 1920 as the successor to a short-lived two-squadron Canadian Air Force that was formed during the First World War in Europe. . Wing Commander John Scott Williams was tasked in 1921 with organizing the CAF, handing command over later the same year to Air Marshal Lindsay Gordon.
In 1918 the Canadian government formed the Canadian Air Force in Europe which consisted of two wings integrated into the normal Royal Air Force command structure, equipped with Sopwith Dolphins, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5as and Airco DH.9As supplied and owned by the RAF. It was disbanded in 1920.
During WWII, Canadian personnel manned the carriers HMS Nabob (from 1943 until torpedoed in 1944) and HMS Puncher (from 1944 until returned to the US in 1946), with their complement of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) carrier based aircraft. Canadian naval aviators including pilots of the RCN Volunteer Reserve also served in the FAA aboard ...
CC-150 Polaris No. 001 in 2014 Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris at Yellowknife Airport, transporting Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, July 2011. All dedicated VIP transport aircraft in the Canadian Forces are operated by 437 Transport Squadron and 412 Transport Squadron.
Delivery completed in March 2024 of 16,500 new C22 pistols for the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force, and 3,200 more compact C24 pistols for the Military Police Group. [53] [54] [55] Submachine guns Heckler & Koch MP5 West Germany: Submachine gun: 9×19mm NATO MP5-N [56]
This is a list of all equipment ever used by the Canadian armed forces. This will include all branches of the Canadian armed forces the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy and any predecessors.
The centres are manned by Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Coast Guard personnel. A third JRCC is located at Trenton, Ontario and is responsible for the Great Lakes and the North. [citation needed] In 2014, the RCAF revamped its FWSAR replacement project to have the competitors suggest the best locations to base the aircraft out of. [2]