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Each 10-day phase involves a combination of air-to-ground, air-to-air and other missions twice a day, morning and afternoon. [8] The Air Force Tactical Training Centre (AFTTC), located at 4 Wing CFB Cold Lake, plans, directs and hosts Exercise Maple Flag. [ 9 ]
July 17 – A T-28 biplane crashed before crowds of spectators at the Cold Lake Air Show in Alberta, Canada, killing the pilot, Bruce Evans, upon impact. [83] At the time of the accident, the plane was performing a series of maneuvers when the pilot deviated from his planned performance.
Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake (IATA: YOD, ICAO: CYOD), abbreviated as CFB Cold Lake, [2] is a Canadian Forces Base in the City of Cold Lake, Alberta. [3]The facility is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is approximately 35 km (22 mi) south of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR), which is used as practicing grounds by CFB Cold Lake's fighter pilots.
Cold Lake was first recorded on a 1790 map, by the name of Coldwater Lake. [6] Originally three communities, Cold Lake was formed by merging the Town of Grand Centre, the Town of Cold Lake, and Medley (CFB Cold Lake) on October 1, 1996. Grand Centre was renamed Cold Lake South, and the original Cold Lake is known as Cold Lake North.
— Nov. 12, 2022: A P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane collided with a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at a Dallas air show, killing all six people aboard the two vintage aircraft.
Vintage Wings is a flying museum, which displays its aircraft in the air and on the ground at many airshows and other events such as Royal Military College of Canada graduation parades, Battle of Britain Sunday parades and many other air shows in Canada and the USA. [3] [4]
Footage captured seconds before the crash shows the aircraft drifting downward vertically and spiraling as it plunged to the ground. Aviation experts at the time speculated that ATR 72-500 twin ...
These lands included the Alberta portion of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range. On May 1, 2002, Lakeland County absorbed Plamondon after it dissolved from village status . [ 4 ] Just over five years later on August 1, 2007, Lakeland County and the Town of Lac La Biche amalgamated with each other to form a new specialized municipality named Lac La ...