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Shearwater Heliport (ICAO: CYAW), formerly known as Canadian Forces Base Shearwater and commonly referred to as CFB Shearwater and formerly named HMCS Shearwater, is a Canadian Forces facility located 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east southeast [1] of Shearwater, Nova Scotia, on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
406 "City of Saskatoon" Maritime Operational Training Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) unit of the Canadian Armed Forces.Based at 12 Wing Shearwater since 1972, it is responsible for crew training on the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone since summer of 2016. [1]
The Shearwater Airforce base is home to the 12 Wing of the Royal Canadian Airforce. It has a history of supporting naval operations due to its proximity to Halifax Harbour. The base currently operates combat ready CH-148 Cyclones in conjunction with the Royal Canadian Navy. In the Second World War, it served as a home to flying boats which ...
12th Wing may refer to: CFB Shearwater (12 Wing Shearwater), a unit of the Canadian Air Force; F 12 Kalmar, a unit of the Swedish Air Force;
Formerly a separate base known as CFB Shearwater, the airfield was realigned as part of CFB Halifax during the mid-1990s. 12 Wing, a Royal Canadian Air Force unit that reports to 1 Canadian Air Division, is the primary user of Shearwater Heliport and is headquartered there. DND properties that were formerly aligned to CFB Shearwater, such as ...
No. 423 Squadron RCAF was a World War II unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force.Formed in 1942 in Oban, Argyll, Scotland for General Reconnaissance duties, it later moved to RAF Castle Archdale, Northern Ireland where it flew Sunderland flying boat patrol bombers.
IXs the following month when a move was made to Holmsley South to form No. 144 Wing RAF, Second Tactical Air Force, and the squadron became operational. The first sorties were as bomber escorts and until the invasion in June the squadron carried out deep penetration missions using 90-imperial-gallon (410 L) drop tanks.
RCSU(A) supports the 240 Cadet Corps and Squadrons located throughout Atlantic Canada, comprising approximately 8,500 cadets. RCSU(A), in conjunction with its Area Offices located in Shearwater, Nova Scotia, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and 5CDSB Gagetown, New Brunswick, and the 1,400 Cadet Instructors Cadre Officers within the region, are responsible for the support, protection ...