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Canadian Forces Base Suffield (also CFB Suffield) is the largest army training area in Canada.The CFB is in southeastern Alberta, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north-northwest of Suffield, [2] 50 km (31 mi) northwest of Medicine Hat and 250 km (160 mi) southeast of Calgary.
Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay. A Canadian Forces base or CFB (French: base des Forces canadiennes, BFC) is a military installation of the Canadian Armed Forces.For a facility to qualify as a Canadian Forces base, it must station one or more major units (e.g., army regiments, navy ships, air force wings).
The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) is a British Army unit located at the vast training area of Canadian Forces Base Suffield near Suffield, Alberta, Canada. [1] BATUS is the British Army's largest armoured training facility, and it can accommodate live-firing and tactical effect simulation (TES) exercises up to battle group level.
Most former RCAF stations still in use by the Canadian Forces are still operated by the RCAF (renamed from Air Command or AIRCOM in 2011, from the use "air element" 1968–2011). During the 1990s, most RCAF squadrons on Canadian Forces Bases were reorganized into "wings" as the primary lodger unit.
5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Gagetown, [3] is a large Canadian Forces Base covering an area over 1,100 km 2 (420 sq mi), [4] located in southwestern New Brunswick. It is the biggest facility in Eastern Canada, and Canada's second-largest facility. [5]
At the end of the Second World War, Canada possessed the fourth-largest air force and fifth-largest naval surface fleet in the world. [23] Conscription for overseas service was introduced only near the end of the war , and only 2,400 conscripts made it into battle.
Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Camp Borden, is a large Canadian Forces base located in Ontario. The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, [2] CFB Borden is home to the largest training wing in the Canadian Armed Forces. [3]
Category: Canadian Forces bases in Canada by province or territory. 1 language.