Marc Archambault, Catherine Archambault

Parliamentarians took the time to tip their hats to members of the Air Force on May 12 as part of the third annual Air Force Appreciation Day.

Capt Jeremy Hansen from 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alta., is one of two new Canadian astronauts.

Personnel from 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron at 8 Wing Trenton, Ont., participated in TIGEREX 2009, a training exercise, from May 4 to 7.

Members of the 103 Search and Rescue Squadron and other agencies received medals from French officials in recognition of their efforts during a ceremony at the Canadian Coast Guard Station in St. John's, N.L.

The Department of National Defence (DND), through Defence Construction Canada, has awarded a contract for close to $2.9 million to Borland Construction Inc of Winnipeg, MB.

On this Mother's Day, I would like to pay tribute to all the mothers, but specifically those in the Canadian Forces family.

The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay today announced that two CP-140 Auroras deployed overseas yesterday for approximately two months to produce maps for Joint Task Force-Afghanistan.

The 2009 air show season kicked off on May 2 and the CF-18 Hornet demonstration jet is already dazzling audiences with its brand new design which commemorates the Canadian Centennial of Flight.

Artist Geoff Bennett exhibited his art work at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum at 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S., from April 17 to 25, 2009.

The chance to fly a CU-170 Heron unmanned aerial vehicle in Afghanistan was what prompted Captain Ken Jones to take a one-year leave of absence from his civilian job as a commercial airline pilot.

The crew of the 103 Search and Rescue Squadron from 9 Wing Gander, N.L., performed a medical evacuation of an individual onboard the tanker SKS Spey on April 16, 2009.

Air Force members attended a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa yesterday to honour the lives lost in the Second World War Battle of the Atlantic.

The Government of Canada is extending the counter-piracy mission of the HMCS Winnipeg and its CH-124 Sea King detachment to the beginning of June.

Flight Lieutenant David Hornell was born in Mimico, Ont. in 1910 and awarded the Victoria Cross (the Commonwealth's highest award for valour) during his service with Coastal Command.

The Battle of the Atlantic was a struggle for control of the shipping lanes on the North Atlantic Ocean. It was as strategically important to win as the Battle of Britain, and it lasted as long as the Second World War itself.

Chief of the Defence Staff, General Walter Natynczyk, took some time out of his busy schedule to fly with Canadian Forces's aerial demonstration team, the Snowbirds, during his visit to 19 Wing Comox, B.C., on April 24, 2009.

By the third week of April 2009, the CH-147 Chinook and CH-146 Griffon helicopters of the Canadian Helicopter Force Afghanistan (CHFA) had carried almost 6,000 passengers, and the Chinooks alone had hauled more than 250,000 pounds of freight.

Canada 's Air Force has a special interest in the Seventh Book of Remembrance because of the many Air Force personnel who died in air training and air operations after 1947.

Canadian Forces Chief of Defence Staff, General Walt Natynczyk, presented the Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Services (ATESS) Squadron from 8 Wing Trenton, Ont., with a Canadian Forces Unit Commendation.

The new Honorary Colonel of 424 Transport and Rescue (T&R) Squadron was invested formally on April 16, 2009 at 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario - an honour the recipient said ranks far above the many accolades he has received over the years.