Marc Archambault, Catherine Archambault

Scoring the rank of general in the Air Force isn't easy. Making it a family tradition - even less so.

Along with fellow astronaut Captain Jeremy Hansen, Dr. Saint-Jacques took to the skies over 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta. on May 26 to experience high performance flight before going to NASA.

The Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg officially detached from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) on June 6, ending a very successful nine-week counter-piracy mission that began in early April.

Every Thursday during Exercise Maple Flag at 4 Wing, Cold Lake, Alta. the local, national and international media were invited to view the many different activities and visit the participating units.

May 28, 2009 started like any other day for members of 103 Search and Rescue (SAR) Squadron, located at 9 Wing Gander, N.L., but it didn't stay that way.

Aircraft equipped with an ejection seat system used by some Canadian Forces aircraft have been placed on operational pause and have temporarily ceased all flying operations, following a technical problem with the system.

Having just returned from Afghanistan where he commanded the first rotation of the Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing, Colonel Christopher Coates presented the Air Force with the Centennial of Flight banner from 1 Wing, Kingston, Ont..

More than 1, 000 military and civilian runners, walkers and spectators braved the chilly morning weather and gathered at 17 Wing Winnipeg, Man., on May 31 to participate in the first annual Air Force Run.

8 Wing Trenton will open its doors to the public on the weekend of July 4–5 to commemorate and celebrate its past and present during the CF Weekend and Air Display.

This year's Maple Flag open house celebrated a mile stone in Canadian Flight.

Lieutenant-General Angus Watt, Chief of the Air Staff, spent the day at 4 Wing participating in the international military exercise.

A three-ship formation consisting of the CF-18 Century Hornet, a Snowbird tutor and the F-86 Hawk One Sabre flew to help commemorate 100 years of powered flight in Canada.

The Aggressors Squadron has been part of Maple Flag for over 30 years. They are known as Red Air and their role on the exercise is to replicate enemy threats.

"This was the coolest thing I have ever done!" That's what one young visitor said during an up close and personal experience with a CF-18 at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta. last month.

On D-Day, British, American and Canadian soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, supported by air and naval forces.

General Victor E. Renuart, Commander of NORAD and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) chats with Victor Fedeli, Mayor of the City of North Bay.

I am very proud to be Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces. I join all Canadians in expressing our deepest and sincerest thanks to all Canadian Forces members and their families.

Paratroopers from the Dutch 11th Air Defence Company jumped into Meadow Lake Monday morning. Their goal - to rescue a group of ‘refugees' trapped behind enemy lines.

General Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff, issued the following statement today on the occasion of Canadian Forces Day:

The approaching monsoon season, with its promise of high winds and rolling seas, has yet to discourage pirates from attacking merchant ships, or HMCS Winnipeg from pursuing the pirates.