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RCAF Station Abbotsford, British Columbia

September 1943. Location of No. 24 Elementary Flying Training School.

July 1944. Closure.

April 1944. Location of No. 5 Operational Training Unit.

October 1945. Closure.

November 1945. Location of Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite.

June 1946. Closure.

Air Cadets Summer Camp

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RCAF Detachment Aishihik, Yukon

January 1945. Opened.

September 1956. Closure.

CFS Aldergrove

June 1955. Amalgamation of Wireless Telegraph receiver station Aldergrove and Wireless Telegraph receiver near the town of Sumas (now named Matsqui).

July 1956. Renamed HMCS Aldergrove.

1 February 1968. Integrated into the Canadian Armed Forces and renamed CFS Aldergrove.

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1994. Closure of station. The site was retrofitted for remote control.

April 1996. Came under the command of CFB Esquimalt (Naden). The detachment was again re-named Naval Radio Section Aldergrove in 1996 to officially acknowledge the unit's naval heritage.

CFB/ Camp Aldershot, Nova Scotia

CFS Alert, Ellesmere Island in Nunavut (formerly part of the Northwest Territories)

1956. Established on an experimental basis by the RCAF.

September 1958. Taken over by the RCCS.

February 1994. Announced that Alert would be converted to remote operation by 1997-98.

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Allan Island, Labrador

November 1944. Location of No. 40 Radio Detachment.

October 1945. Closure.

Allerton Park, United Kingdom

October 1944. Location of No. 6 Canadian Bomber Group.

November 1945. Closure.

RCAF Detachment Alliford, British Columbia

September 1939.

April 1940.

RCAF Station Alliford Bay, British Columbia

13 May 1940. Established. New home of 6 Bomber-Reconnaissance Squadron which moved from RCAF Station Jericho Beach.

July 1940. Location of No. 6 (B.R.) Squadron.

August 1945. Closure.

December 1941. No. 9 (BR) Squadron arrived from RCAF Station Bella Bella.

November 1943. No. 7 (BR) Squadron arrives.

25 July 1945. Closed

RCAF Station Alsask, Saskatchewan

Pinetree Line

Early 1963. Operational.

1962. Opened. Home of 44 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFB Alsask

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1987. Closure.

Amphitrite Point, British Columbia

August 1942. Location of No. 13 Radio Detachment.

September 1945. Closure.

Angus, Ontario

June 1941. Location of No. 13 (X) Depot.

December 1964. Closure.

RCAF Station Annette Island, Alaska

November 1942. Opened

May 1943. Closure.

RCAF Detachment Armstrong Station, Ontario

RCAF Station Armstrong, Ontario

Pinetree Line

Built by the Americans.

November 1962. RCAF took over. Home of 38 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron.

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFS Armstrong.

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1975. Closed.

RCAF Station Arnprior, Ontario

August 1942. Location of No. 3 Flying Instructors School.

January 1944. Closure.

February 1944. Location of No. 1 Flight Engineers School.

October 1944. Closure.

July 1946. Location of National Research Council Research Flight (NRC/FES).

July 1953. Renamed National Establishment (NAE) and moved to Uplands.

May 1951. Location of Central Experimental and Proving Establishment.

May 1953. Closure.

RCAF Station Assiniboia, Saskatchewan

December 1941. Location of No. 34 Elementary Flying Training School (RAF).

January 1944. Closure.

February 1944. Location of No. 25 Elementary Flying Training School.

July 1944. Closure.

RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario

3 July 1941. Location of No. 14 Service Flying Training School under British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

August 1944. School relocate to Kingston.

1 July 1944. Location of Flight Engineer School.

31 March 1945. Closure.

April 1945. Location of RCAF Technical and Engineering School, later Re-designated No. 1 Technical Training School.

May 1955. Closure.

1951. The RCAF Fire-fighting School moved in from RCAF Station Mountain View.

September 1951. Location of No. 11 Examination Unit.

November 1952. Closure.

June 1952. Location of Aeronautical Engineering School.

November 1953. Closure.

Magazine

1961. Closed

Ayr, Scotland

9 January 1944. Location of 22 (Fighter) Wing.

1 April 1947. Disbanded.

Baden, Germany

April 1953. Location of No. 4 (F) Wing.

December 1993. Moved to Cold Lake.

December 1964.

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFB Baden.

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CFB Baden Flight Simulator

GTTF (Group Transient and Training Flight)

1 AMS (Air maintenance Squadron)

Formed in 1971

Moved to CFB Cold Lake (26 April 1993)

Exercise Ample Gain then Ample Train

31 August 1994. Closed

Books

Title Superbase 20 Baden Soellingen The Hornet's Nest

Author Chris Bennett

ISBN 0-85045-114-9

Title 40 Years 1953 1983 4 Wing Canadian Forces Baden Soellingen

Author An Esprit De Corps Production

ISBN none

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TAM (Tactical Air Meet)

Tiger Meet

Various Clubs

Wandering Club

RCAF Station/ CFB Bagotville, Quebec

1942. Station opened.

Operational Training Unit

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFB Bagotville.

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6 FTTU (Field Technical Training Unit) (Unité d'instruction technique appliquée)

1993. Renamed 3 Wing.

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Bienvenue a Bagotville 2010

Bienvenue a Bagotville no dates

3e_escadre_3_wing_bagotville_bienvenue_welcome_a_to_saguenay no dates

2e Escadre Expeditionnaire de la Force Aerienne (2 EEFA) formed in July 2007

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William Tell

CF-18 Demo Team

75 Anniversary

Other Squadrons of 3 Wing.

3 Escadron de Maintenance Air

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30th Anniversary coin

1993. 12 Radar Squadron relocated from Mont Apica.

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CADPAT

Air Force

Air Force Flying Suit

Previous Units

June 1942. Location of No. 1 Operational Training Unit.

January 1945. Closure.

August 1942. Location of No. 12 Radio Detachment.

October 1944. Closure.

December 1943. Location of No. 4 Convalescent Hospital

November 1945. Closure.

November 1945. Location of Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite (Saguenay).

Exercises

Open Challenge

Fighter Meet

Scouts

Spectacle Aerien International de Bagotville, Pleins Feux sur ma Region, 9-10 Juin 2007

Spectacle Aerien de Bagotville, 10 - 11 - 12 Juin 2011

Spectacle Aerien International de Bagotville , 22 - 23 juin 2013

Spectacle Aerien International de Bagotville, 20 - 21 Juin 2015

RCAF Station Baldy Hughes, British Columbia

Pinetree Line

1955. Built by the Americans.

Early 1960's. Transferred to the RCAF. Home of No. 54 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFS Baldy Hughes.

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31 August 1990. Closure.

RCAF Station Barrington, Nova Scotia

Pinetree Line

1 August 1958. Operational.

1943. Operated by the RCN

1957. Re-opened by the Americans.

1 June 1962. Transferred to the RCAF. Home of No. 23 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron.

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFS Barrington.

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1 August 1990. Closure.

RCAF Detachment Beatton River, British Columbia

January 1945. Opened.

May 1955. Closure.

Beaumaris, Ontario

April 1945. Location of No. 1 Convalescent Hospital

September 1945. Closure.

RCAF Station Beausejour, Manitoba

Pinetree Line

November 1953. Operational. Operated by the Americans.

1962. Transferred to the RCAF.

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFS Beausejour.

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31 July 1986. Closure.

RCAF Station Beaverbank, Nova Scotia

Pinetree Line

December 1953. Operational. Home of No. 22 Aircraft and Control Warning Squadron.

1 April 1964. Closure.

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RCAF Station Beaverlodge, Alberta

Pinetree Line

February 1953. Operational by the Americans.

1963. Transferred to the RCAF. Home of No. 57 Aircraft and Control Warning Squadron.

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFS Beaverlodge.

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1 April 1988. Closure.

Bell Lake, Nova Scotia

October 1942. Location of No. 2 Radio Detachment.

February 1945. Closure.

RCAF Station Bella Bella, British Columbia

September 1938. Established as a temporary detachment of RCAF Station Jericho Bay.

March 1941. Location of No. 9 Construction and Maintenance Unit.

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December 1941. Permanent stations established. Location of No. 9 Bomber-Reconnaissance Squadron.

August 1944. Closure

Spring 1945. Re-opened briefly as a meteorological section.

September 1945. Closure.

RCAF Station Belleville, Ontario

August 1941. Location of No. 5 Initial Training School.

June 1944. Closure.

CFS Bermuda

1 January 1963. Authorized to lease 11 acres of land on Bermuda to operate a Canadian Naval Radio Station.

4 July 1963. Became operational

15 February 1965. Royal Canadian Navy officers and other ranks said goodbye to the white ensign and introduced the new Canadian Flag.

1969. The station's name was changed from Naval Radio Station Bermuda to Canadian Forces Station Bermuda.

February 1992. Canada's Budget announced the decision to close the station.

31 December 1993. Official notice was given to the Bermuda Government to terminate the lease.

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Biak, West Bank New Guinea.

Location of No. 116 Air Transport Unit, UNEF.

Biggin Hill, United Kingdom

February 1944. Location of No. 410 Repair and Salvage Unit.

August 1945. Closure.

RCAF Station Bird, Manitoba

Mid-Canada Line

December 1957. Opened.

March 1964. Closed.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

October 1942. Location of No. 4 District Headquarters.

July 1945. Closure.

RCAF Station/ Camp/ CFB Borden, Ontario

9 July 1925. Location of 1 FTS (Flying Training School)

16 June 1937. Moved to Trenton, Ontario.

22 January 1940. Returned from Trenton, Ontario

During the inter-war, renamed RCAF Station Borden.

February 1937. Location of No. 2 Technical Training School.

May 1939. Location of Intermediate Ground Instructional School.

April 1940. Closure.

9 October 1939. Location of 1 F.I.S. (Flying Instructor Course).

1940. F.I.S. moved to Trenton, Ontario

31 January 1940. Amalgamation of ATS (Advanced Training School) and ITS (Intermediate Training School) to form No. 1 SFTS (Service Flying Training School).

March 1946. Closure.

1940. Location of 13 X Ammunition Depot

April 1944. Location of Advance Tactical Training Detachment, A-33 CACTE.

October 1944. Closure.

February 1948. Location of School of Basic Science.

April 1948. Closure.

1950's. RCAF School of Photography relocated from RCAF Rockliffe

1950's. Location of

Aero engine technician

Air Frame Mechanic

Aircraft refinishing technician

Aircraft instrument mechanic

Airborne Electronic Technicians School

Electrical technician

Instrument_technician

Munitions and Weapons technician

Previous courses were given at Trenton

Course 104 Nov 53 to Mar 54

1955

Course 140 Sep 56

Course 148 1957

Course 6503 19 Aug 65

Course 6604 9 Jun 1966

Course 6701 First Naval Armament course

Basic Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOD HC

Course 6606 October 66

1970

Course 7203 April 1972

September 72

Weapons Tech Air

Course 6803

Course 6906

Course 6908

Course 7003

Course 7007

Course 7105

Supply Technician

Mid 1966. PFS arrives from Centralia, Ontario.

31 March 1970. Moves to Portage La Prairie, Manitoba

DND Fire Fighting School

Royal Canadian School of Infantry

1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFB Borden.

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1994. 16 Wing re-located from St. Jean.

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ACA (Air Command Academy)

ACPDTC (Air Command Professional Development Training Center). October 1994 to date

Airborne Electronic Technicians School

CFFA (Canadian Forces Fire Academy)

CFLA (Canadian Forces Leadership Academy)

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CFNBCS (Canadian Forces Nuclear Biological Chemical School)

CFSACO (Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control) located in Cornwall, ON

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CFSAL (Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics

CFSAOE (Canadian Forces School of Aerospace and Ordnance Engineering). 1970 to 31 Aug 1985

CFSATE (Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering). 1 September 1985 to date

Location of 700 Communication Squadron

Work Dress

Combat

Location of 706 Communication Squadron

Work Dress

Military Police

Maple Arch 2013

3rd annual Volksmarch

Borden Flying Club

Birthplace of the R.C.A.F.


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