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Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake (IATA: YOD, ICAO: CYOD), abbreviated as CFB Cold Lake, [2] is a Canadian Forces Base in the City of Cold Lake, Alberta. [3]The facility is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and is approximately 35 km (22 mi) south of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range (CLAWR), which is used as practicing grounds by CFB Cold Lake's fighter pilots.
The unit was re-formed at CFB Cold Lake on 2 May 1975 as 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron. It was disbanded in 1995 when the CF-5 aircraft were retired. The squadron was re-formed again at 4 Wing Cold Lake on 23 July 2000 to conduct advanced lead-in fighter training for Canadian and NATO pilots using nine CT-155 Hawk aircraft.
417 Operational Training Squadron CF-104 Starfighter on deployment to CFB Moose Jaw in 1982. Base Flight Cold Lake CH-118 Iroquois helicopter 118103 at CFB Cold Lake , January 1992. CH 118 Huey from 417 (Combat Support) Squadron.
The number of personnel at CFB Cold Lake effectively doubles while the exercise is being conducted, with approximately 5,000 pilots and support crews participating. [ 1 ] History
The commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, Major-General Dave Wheeler, along with the commander of 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, Colonel Eric Kenny, participated in a ceremony to reactivate 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron on 30 June 2015. [15] Its first deployment was to Kuwait for offensive operations during Operation Impact.
In 1968, No. 3 OTU (Operating Training Unit) at CFB Bagotville, tasked with training pilots and navigators for the three operational RCAF Voodoo squadrons, was later renamed No. 410 Squadron. No. 410 Squadron moved to Cold Lake, Alberta in 1982, changing aircraft to become the training unit for Canada's new CF-18 Hornet aircraft. [3] [10]
A Cold War 409 Squadron flight suit patch, circa 1955. CF-101 Voodoo 101060 from 409 "Nighthawk" Squadron, CFB Comox on the ramp at CFB Moose Jaw in the spring of 1982 409 Nighthawk Squadron, F-18 bearing tail art of reactivated 409 Squadron. 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (French: 409 e Escadron d'appui tactique) is a unit of the Royal Canadian ...
The name was changed to 434 Combat Support Squadron and the unit moved to CFB Greenwood in mid-1995, flying the CC-144 Challenger and Canadair CT-133 Silver Star in the electronic warfare role. The squadron was finally disbanded there in May 2000. [1] [2] The squadron was reactivated in May 2018 at CFB Trenton as a test and evaluation unit. [3]