408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron deploys in support of Operation IMPACT

April 17, 2017 Alwin Marshall-Squire 1

On Monday, April 17, approximately 60 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (THS), based at 3rd Canadian Division Support Base (3 CDSB) in Edmonton, Alta., departed for northern Iraq where […]

RCAF marks 100th anniversary of first military pilot training in Canada

March 29, 2017 Alwin Marshall-Squire 0

In 2017, the Royal Canadian Air Force is marking the 100th anniversary of the first military pilot training in Canada. The Royal Flying Corps Canada (RFCC) was established in late January 1917 to recruit and […]

Sergeant Wilfred Lawson of the Royal Air Force being laid to rest

British Second World War airman laid to rest after the Department of National Defence assisted in his identification

March 20, 2017 Alwin Marshall-Squire 0

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence laid to rest Second World War airman Sergeant Wilfred Lawson of the Royal Air Force at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery on March 16, 2017. The Department of National […]