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In April 1947, it was renamed, again, to the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre. In 1970, it was renamed back to CABC and moved to Canadian Forces Base Edmonton , where it resided until 1996. It was renamed and its mandate expanded to become a "centre of excellence" for advanced war-fighting skills for the Canadian Army.
No. 1 FTS was one of Canada's contributions to the training of foreign airmen for a new multinational force. The last FTS course was completed in March 1957 and No. 1 Flying Training School was deactivated and merged with the Advanced Flying School at Saskatoon. The Harvards used for FTS training were transferred to western flying training schools.
The Recompression Chamber was originally installed at Canadian Forces School of Aeromedical Training, Griesbach, CFB Edmonton in 1984, to provide immediate medical assistance to staff and students who suffered altitude induced decompression sickness. The chamber was moved to its current location at 17 Wing Winnipeg in 1996.
No. 9 Service Flying Training School (SFTS), Royal Canadian Air Force, was a flight training school, located at RCAF Station Summerside, PEI, and later, RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario. It was part of No. 3 Training Command RCAF , carrying out British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) training operations.
The Combat Training Centre is made up of the following schools: The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School (RCACS). RCACS delivers individual training to Regular and Reserve Force soldiers and officers of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. The RCACS provides training in driving, maintenance, gunnery, tank and reconnaissance tactics.
Other schools included an Army Co-operation School, an Air Armament & Bombing School and a Technical Training School. When the air force became “royal” in 1924, the station was renamed RCAF Station Camp Borden. [5] [6] [7] Camp Borden's training grounds were expanded in 1938 to house the Canadian Tank School.
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Two aircrew examining a target drogue at No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School, RCAF, Mount Pleasant, P.E.I., 1944. RCAF Station Mount Pleasant was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) station in Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Two of its runways remain in use by members of the Experimental Aircraft Association. [2]