Marc Archambault, Catherine Archambault

To confirm and implement the final preparations for the kickoff of Exercise Maple Flag 42, personnel from 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta. conducted a simulated War Day on May 14.

The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today announced the contracting of Aero Support Canada Inc. to provide aircraft and maintenance support at 8 Wing, Trenton.

The crew from 8 Wing Trenton's 437 Transport/Air-to-Air Refueling Squadron participating in Exercise Maple Flag are far from the typical gas jockeys.

On May 25, 2009 a new commander took over Canada's most recent contribution to the international effort in Afghanistan.

Safety is always a prominent factor in Canadian Forces exercises and missions, and flight risk factors may influence the conduct of Air Force training exercises.

On April 23, 1944 I left the Air Force base in Elvington in Yorkshire on a Halifax bomber loaded with mines. I was the navigator in the 77 Squadron of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command.

Glen Urquhart of Kincardine, Ont., won the Centennial of Flight Military Aviation Art Contest for his painting "Solo".

“This great country has many diverse cultures and we take this week to celebrate the Aboriginal peoples in the Canadian Forces,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Leo Brodeur, 17 Wing Administration Officer and DAAG (Defence Aboriginal Advisory Group) Champion.

LCol Sean Friday was speaking to a group gathered at Ottawa's Canada Aviation Museum this May as part of the "Friends are Forever" event to recognize Canada's airlift missions in Afghanistan.

In the skies over CFB Wainwright these paratroopers are about to jump and take the fight to the enemy. It's all part of Operation Maple Flag and marks the first time ground troops are being deployed using Maple Flag assets.

The dramatic safe landing of a US Airways passenger jet into New York's Hudson River on January 15 highlighted the importance of aviation automation and safety.

"You're hired." Air Force fighter pilot Captain Jeremy Hansen finally heard those words from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on May 13, becoming one of two new Canadian astronauts.

Jeff Morris, the honorary colonel of 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron located at Pat Bay, B.C., was awarded one of the country's most prestigious volunteer awards in April.

This year's Maple Flag will have fewer participants than in years past. But the quality of the training will be higher than ever.

As the lights went down and the curtains slowly parted, breaths of anticipation and sounds of excitement filled the audience. Then, it began. It was a night that exceeded all expectations.

After six tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) flight rotations in Afghanistan, the Sperwer's mission came to an end on April 17, 2009.

More than 4,500 local and visiting Canadian and international military personnel are preparing for the month-long Exercise Maple Flag XLII (MF 42), one of the largest joint training exercises in the world, run by the Air Force.

When Warrant Officer Jay McLaren of the Canadian Forces graduated from the United States Air Force First Sergeant Academy, he became the first member from the Canadian Forces to complete the program.

It was a calm, sunny spring morning, April 24, when 12 members of the Joint Task Force– Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) Air Wing HQ staff received the General Campaign Star from Colonel Roch Lacroix, acting commander of Task Force Kandahar.

After his regular night shift with the team operating the Sperwer tactical unmanned air vehicle, Warrant Officer Ryan Seguin finds himself with a party of volunteers from the Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing into his second shift.