Marc Archambault, Catherine Archambault

This year’s anniversary of the flight of the Silver Dart resonates with many, but perhaps none more so than Lieutenant Meagan McCurdy, an instructor with the Air Cadet Regional Gliding School (Atlantic) in Debert, N.S.

Eight U.S. legislators visited 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters (1 Cdn Air Div/CANR) in Winnipeg as part of the 2009 Rising State Leaders program.

A medium lift capability was in the Canadian Forces' long-term plan, with 16 Chinook F model helicopters expected to start delivery in 2013.

With its establishment last December, the Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) Air Wing increased the Air Force's ability to reduce risk to Canadian and coalition troops in Afghanistan.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) held a Change of Office ceremony for the deputy commander at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO on July 10, 2009.

CANEX has awarded a contract for approximately $4.3 million to Georgia View Ventures of Nanaimo, B.C., for the construction of a new building at 19 Wing Comox.

Promoting good will: it's one of the things that Canadian Forces bands do best as part of community relations.

Throughout the summer the Massed Band and Pipes of the Canada's Air Force are playing a major part in bringing an awareness of Canadian Centennial of Flight celebrations to the Canadian public.

Every year on the anniversary of the crash they miraculously survived, they remember and celebrate. It might be a dinner with their spouses or simply sharing a pint.

A 270-strong Canadian Forces contingent left Canada today to take part in the 93rd Internationale Vierdaagse Afstandmarsen Nijmegen, a prestigious long-distance marching event in the Netherlands.

On July 17, nine members of 17 Wing Winnipeg, Man., together with 14 other regular and reserve teams and one Air Cadet team, will board an airbus that will take them to the largest marching event in the world.

Sixty-five years after the end of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, pilots are still being trained at Portage la Prairie, Man.

The late Colonel (retired) Peter Graham Howe, a former Sabre pilot who served with the Air Force for 30 years, made one final flight on Saturday, July 4, at the 8 Wing Trenton, Ont. Open House.

The ornate gates at 8 Wing Trenton have silently commemorated the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) for the past 50 years.

The Honourable Peter MacKay announced $300-million in funding yesterday for the 5 Wing Goose Bay Remediation Project.

Forty-one members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) were welcomed to 19 Wing Comox, B.C. by Lieutenant-Colonel Mario Leblanc.

The Department of National Defence has awarded a contract for close to $16.2 million to Dufferin Construction Company of the Greater Toronto Area for the reconstruction of the northwest ramp at 8 Wing Trenton.

Major-General Yvan Blondin assumed command of 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region from Lieutenant-General Marcel Duval on July 9th at a formal ceremony held at 17 Wing, Winnipeg.

Lieutenant-General Marcel Duval, Commander 1 Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region, officially opened the new Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in a small ceremony July 9th.

Erin Roulston of Comox, B.C. recently donated $31.82 to Corporal Trevour Harding for the Tour de Rock fundraising event.