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CF-5 badge worn by Canadian Forces aircrew and ground crew in the mid-1970s. Initially 433 Squadron and 434 Squadron were the only two squadrons to operate the CF-5. It was intended that three squadrons would fly the aircraft, but due to budgetary restrictions, the excess aircraft were put into storage in CFB North Bay and CFB Trenton, some later being sold to other countries. 434 Squadron was ...
The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation.There are two main models: the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants, and the extensively updated F-5E and F-5F Tiger II variants.
Canadian Forces Base Toronto (also CFB Toronto) is a former Canadian Forces base that operated at the site of Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario.The airfield is currently referred to as the 'YZD district' for residential and commercial redevelopment by Northcrest Developments since purchasing property rights of the site on 17 August 2024, following Bombardier's relocation to a new facility ...
[4] [5] The RCAF salvaged avionics from the museum's C-130 to use on an active duty aircraft in 2014. [6] In 2016, the museum acquired an Avro Lancaster that had been on display in Edmundston, New Brunswick. [7] Chris Colton, the executive director of the museum for 21 years, retired in June 2018. [8] Later that year, the museum acquired a CP ...
Stationed at 3 Wing Bagotville, Quebec and 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta; 60 CF-18As and 25 CF-18Bs remain in active service. [5] [9] McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet (Ex-RAAF) 18 (12 F/A-18A and 6 F/A-18B) have been delivered. Up to seven additional Hornets are also being supplied to be used for spares. [10]
This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces. Aircraft are listed for the following organizations: Canadian Aviation Corps (1914–1915) which operated a single Burgess-Dunne tailless floatplane; Canadian Air Force (CAF) (1920–1924) while under the control of the Air Board.
It is the oldest surviving aircraft factory building in Canada. [7] This building saw the creation of the de Havilland Beaver and Otter bush planes which helped to open the Canadian North, and was also the place where Alouette I, the first Canadian satellite was assembled. Originally named the Toronto Aerospace Museum, the museum was re ...
Downsview Airport, formerly IATA: YZD, ICAO: CYZD, [3] [2] is a now-closed airport located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.An air field, then air force base, it has been a testing facility for Bombardier Aerospace from 1994.