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The Canadian Airborne Regiment (April 1968 to March 1995) were the most well known wearers of the Canadian Jump Wings. After its disbandment in 1995, the Canadian army's parachute traditions reverted to the pre-1968 practice of maintaining a parachute company within one of the battalions of each of the regular infantry regiments.
The Canadian Airborne Regiment (French: Régiment aéroporté canadien) was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968. It was not an administrative regiment in the commonly accepted British Commonwealth sense, but rather a tactical formation manned from other regiments and branches.
The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Canadian Army formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe, landing in Normandy during Operation Tonga, in conjunction with the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity, in March 1945.
To be eligible for award of the Parachutist Badge, a person must have completed the Basic Airborne Course of the Airborne School of the United States Army Infantry School at Fort Moore, Georgia. To graduate, a student must complete the three-phase course consisting of a ground phase, a tower phase, and a jump phase.
The Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC, French: Centre d'instruction supérieure en guerre terrestre de l'Armée canadienne, CISGTAC), formerly Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre (CFLAWC), Canadian Parachute Centre (CPC), and Canadian Airborne Centre (CABC), is a Canadian Forces training facility at CFB Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
Serving as part of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s centennial celebration, Vintage Wings of Canada will have a “Victory Flight” featuring historic aircraft Hawker Hurricane, the Supermarine ...
Canadian Airborne Regiment (1 C, 3 P) S. SkyHawks Parachute Team (2 P) Pages in category "Airborne units and formations of Canada" The following 4 pages are in this ...
No. 143 Wing RAF: June 1944: Canadian wing in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Hurn with 438, 439 and 440 RCAF Sqns (Typhoon) [5] [6] September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe (composition as before) [7] No. 144 Wing RAF: June 1944: Canadian wing in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Ford with 441, 442 and 443 (RCAF) Sqns (Spitfire IX LF) [5 ...