Marc Archambault, Catherine Archambault

In the skies over Kandahar Province, Canada's Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF-Afg) Air Wing is making a big impression on operations and improving the safety of Canadian and allied soldiers.

Celebrated in film, the "Great Escape" remains a tribute to Allied heroism, resourcefulness and tenacity. As well, it has a huge Canadian connection.

The story of the RCAF tartan goes back to January 1942.

It’s not every day that all the children of one family, representing all three branches of the Air Force, receive a Bar to their Canadian Decorations at the same time.

Members of 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron from 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S. and 103 Search and Rescue Squadron from 9 Wing Gander, N.L., deployed to Sydney, Nova Scotia in March for a joint search and rescue exercise (SAREX).

The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today announced the reacquisition of approximately 235 hectares of land located adjacent to Shearwater.

Then-Squadron Leader Leonard Birchall, was piloting his Catalina flying boat with the RCAF's 413 Squadron on April 4, 1942 after eight hours on patrol over the Indian Ocean, when his crew spotted a large Japanese fleet approaching Ceylon.

United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel David Johnson and his family live on the shores of Four Mile Bay in North Bay, Ontario, and are familiar with the sounds of snowmobiles racing by their home. That's how Lt Col Johnson knew something was terribly wrong on March 15, 2009, as he was preparing for bed.