Bases/ Stations
RCAF Station Calgary, Alberta
1937. Location of No. 13 (Fighter) Squadron (Auxiliary).
January 1937. Location of No. 113 (F) Squadron.
September 1944. Closure.
Location of No. 2 Wireless School.
Sep 16, 1940 formed
Apr 14, 1945. Closure
September 1940. Location of No. 11 Equipment Depot.
November 1951. Closure.
October 1940. Location of No. 10 Repair Depot.
May 1951. Closure.
October 194. Location of No. 3 SFTS
December 1945. Closure
December 1942. Location of No.2 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
July 1961. Closure.
August 1941. Location of No. 31 Elementary Flying Training School.
March 1944. Closure.
August 1941. Location of No. 37 Service Flying Training School (RAF).
March 1944. Relocated to De Winton.
1942. Location of No. 4 Construction and Maintenance Unit.
1945. Closure.
January 1944. Location of No. 2 Aircrew Graduate Training School.
January 1945. Closure.
January 1945. Location of No. 7 Release Center.
February 1946. Closure.
September 1945. Closure of No. 2 Service Flying Training School.
October 1948. Location of No. 9403 Unit.
November 1949. Closure.
December 1951. No. 11 Equipment Depot renamed No. 11 Supply Depot.
May 1955. Closure.
June 1951. Location of No. 25 Air Material Base.
May 1954. Closure.
October 1951. Location of Pilot Refresher Training School.
May 1952. Closure.
15 March 1952. Location of 4 FTS (Flying Training School).
25 May 1953. Transferred to Penhold, Alberta
June 1952. Location of No. 2403 Aircraft Control and Warning.
November 1958. Closure.
June 1954. Location of No. 30 Wing HQ (Aux), University Squadron Org Orders.
March 1963. Closure.
June 1954. Location of No. 3053 Technical Training Unit.
November 1962. Closure.
December 1954. Location of No. 4010 Medical Unit (Aux).
February 1964. Closure.
December 1960. Location of No. 10 Technical Services Unit.
December 1964. Closure.
1963. Location of No. 711 (East Calgary) Detachment.
1964. Closure.
CFB Calgary
15 Field Ambulance
15 Field Ambulance Calgary
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Location of 746 Communication Squadron
Combat
RCAF Station Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec
October 1940. Location of No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School.
February 1944. Closure.
October 1941. Location of No. 9 Repair Depot.
January 1945. Closure.
February 1944. Location of No. 1 Aircraft Storage Unit.
December 1945. Closure.
February 1945. Location of No. 511 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite.
March 1945. Closure.
Cape Bauld, Newfoundland
September 1942. Location of No. 30 Radio Detachment.
October 1945. Closure.
Cape Scott, British Columbia
December 1942. Location of No. 10 Radio Detachment.
September 1945. Closure.
Cape Spear, Newfoundland
November 1944. Location of No. 42 Radio Detachment.
June 1945. Closure.
Cape St. James, British Columbia
August 1943. Location of No. 28 Radio Detachment.
September 1945. Closure.
Capodichini, Italy
November 1956. Location of Air Transport Unit, UNEF.
January 1958. Closure.
RCAF Station Carberry, Manitoba
April 1943. Location of No. 33 Service Flying Training School (RAF).
March 1945. Closure.
December 1944. Location of No. 3 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit.
March 1946. Closure.
RCAF Station Caron, Saskatchewan
December 1941. Location of No. 33 Elementary Flying Training School (RAF).
February 1944. Closure.
Carp
Location of 701 Communication Squadron (1965 - 1994)
RCAF Station/ CFB Cartwright
Pinetree Line
Fall 1953. Operational.
18 June 1968. Closure.
RCAF Station Catawba
RCAF Station/ CFB Centralia, Ontario.
1942. Location of No. 9 Service Flying Training School ( 9 SFTS). Moved from RCAF Station Summerside. Flew the Anson and the Harvard aircrafts.
June 1945. 9 SFTS cease operations. Replaced by 1 Aircrew Conditioning Unit (1 ACU) .
15 September 1945. 1 ACU replaced by No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS). Flew the Anson and the Harvards aircrafts.
2 February 1946. Placed on "Care and Maintenance".
Spring 1947. No. 1 Instrument Flying School (No. 1 IFS) relocated to RCAF Station Trenton.
January 1947. RCAF Station Centralia reactivated. Location of No. 1 Radar and Communications School (No. 1 R&CS).
22 March 1947. No. 1 Instrument Flying School (No. 1 IFS) moved from RCAF Trenton, Ontario.
1 April 1947. No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) reactivated. Flew the Harvards aircraft.
March 1957. De-activated and merged with the Advanced Training School at RCAF Saskatoon.
April 1948. Formation of the RCAF's School of Flying Control.
1950's. Location of 3 University Air Training Plan
1954. The NATO Training and Induction School relocated from RCAF London.
October 1954. Formation of the Pre-Flight School
8 October 1956. Began hosting the Primary (Flying) Training School (PFTS). Flew the Chipmunk aircraft.
1 August 1958. Became PTS Flight.
15 September 1961. Disbanded. PFS assumes flying role.
Mid 1966. PFS moves to Camp Borden, Ontario
1958. No.2 Personnel Selection Unit (PSU) moved from RCAF London.
1966. Closure of RCAF Centralia.
RCAF Station Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
December 1940. Location of No. 31 General Reconnaissance School. (RAF).
February 1944. Closure.
February 1944. No. 2 Air Navigation School re-established.
July 1945. Closure.
1 February 1946. Responsibilities transferred from the RCAF to the Federal Department of Transport
Location of 721 Communication Regiment
Work Dress
Combat
RCAF Station/ CFB Chatham, New Brunswick
May 1941. Location of No. 10 Air Observer School.
April 1945. Closure.
July 1941. Location of No. 21 Elementary Flying Training School.
August 1942. Closure.
May 1945. Location of No. 602 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite.
December 1945. Closure.
June 1956. Location of No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit.
May 1960. Closure.
STU (Sabre Transition Unit)
1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFB Chatham.
Coin
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Books
Title Chatham an Airfield History
Author Col A. M. Lee
ISBN 0-9691253-4-8
1996. Closure.
RCAF Station Chibougamau, Quebec
Pinetree Line
1 May 1962. Operational. Home of No. 10 Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron.
1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFS Chibougamau.
Coin
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1 April 1988. Closure.
Chilliwack
Officer Candidate Training Plan Direct Entry Officer
Pin
RCAF Station Claresholm, Alberta
May 1941. Location of No. 15 Service Flying Training School opened under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
30 May 1945. Closure. Rendering the Station unoccupied.
April 1942 to September 1942. Location of No. 2 Flight Instructor School.
September 1942. Relocated to RCAF Station Vulcan.
1951. Station re-opened as a NATO pilot training centre run by No. 3 FTS (Flying Training School).
25 August 1958. Disbanded
Matchbook
RCAF Station Clinton, Ontario
July 1941. Location of No. 31 Radio Direction Finding School (RAF).
July 1943. Closure.
August 1943. Location of No. 5 Radio School.
October 1945. Closure.
November 1945. Location of No. 1 Radar and Communication School.
Basic Electronic Course (BEC)
Basic Electronic Maintenance (BEM)
Communications Technician Ground (CTG)
Fighter Control Operator (FCO)
194?
1956
1957
1958
1960
1961
1962
Radar Technician Ground (RTG)
May 1959. Closure.
Telegraph Tech
June 1952. Location of No. 12 Examination Unit.
December 1958. Closure.
December 1952. Location of No. 1 Air Radio Officer School.
September 1954. Closure.
July 1954. Location of School of Food Services.
December 1958. Closure.
Magazines
December 1964. Closed.
RCAF Station Coal Harbour, British Columbia
June 1940. Opened.
January 1944. No. 120 (BR) Squadron relocated from Patricia Bay.
April 1944. Closure.
August 1945. Closed.
RCAF Station/ CFB Cold Lake, Alberta
Pinetree Line
1 August 1954. Operational.
1 August 1991. Closed.
1952. Construction began.
31 March 1954. Opening of RCAF Cold Lake.
16 May 1955. Location of 3 Operational Training Unit (3 OTU)
June 1956. Location of Central Experimental and Proving Establishment.
May 1963. Closure.
Sports
Misc
6 Strike/Reconnaissance Operational Training Unit. (6 OTU)
Reproduction
Telecommunications Air
1 February 1968. Integrated in the Canadian Armed Forces. Renamed CFB Cold Lake.
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Vehicle Technicians
September 1971. No. 1 Canadian Forces Flying Training School moved in from CFB Gimli.
January 1994. No. 4 (F) Wing relocated from Baden.
20 June 1979. Celebrated 25 years
1993. Renamed 4 Wing.
Welcome to Cold Lake 2009
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Air Force Test Center (AFTC)
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Coin
LVG
Arid
Misc.
35 Anniversary
Air Show 1993
Air Show 1999
Tiger Meet
Replica
20 June 2004. Celebrated 50 years
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Coin and CD
Air Show 2004
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Air Show 2009
Air Show 2016
Air Show 2018
Commemorative plaque
Ground Search and Rescue
Magazine
Title Silver Jubilee Celebration
Author None
ISBN None
Title Cold Lake Canada's Northern Guardians
Author Robbie Shaw
ISBN 0-85045-910-9
CF-18 Demo Team
1 AMS (Air Maintenance Squadron)
Moved from Baden-Soellingen, Germany ( 26 April 1993)
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Arid
Coin
4 Airfield Defence Detachment
4 Airfield Engineering Squadron
Formed 1 Jun 1993
Combat
CADPAT
Air Force
Air Force Flying Suit
Arid
4 Construction Engineering Squadron
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4 Air Movements Unit
4 Mission Support Squadron
4 Operations Support Squadron
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4 Software Engineering Squadron
April 1961. Location of 10 FTTU (Field Technical Training Unit)/10 FTTS (Field Technical Training Squadron)
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Coin
42 Radar Squadron
Error should be 42 Radar Sqn
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Op Grizzly 2002
CADPAT Title
Air Force
Air Force Flying Suit
Ex Phoenix Sunrise
4 Wing Telecom
AETE (Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment)
Authorized as 448 Test Squadron on June 27th, 1967
Amalgamated with Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment on July 1st, 1967
Redesignated Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, Cold Lake on September 1st, 1971
locate
coin
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Arid
Directorate of Air Test and Evaluation (D AIR T & E)
Air Force Test and Evaluation (AF T&E)
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30th Anniversary Coin 1997
National Test Pilot School
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Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS)
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Fighter Pilot Course (FPC)
Gun Maintenance
F 404 Test Facility
Air Combat Manoeuvring Range (ACMR). Opened 10 November 1982.
Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation
AIM 7 Sparrow
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Air Traffic Control
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Armourer
Coin
BAMEO (Base Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Organization) ARO (Aircraft Repair Organization). Absorbed into 1 AMS in 1993. See 1 AMS above
Base Hospital
Base Supply
Base Technical Services Officer (BTSO)
Canadian Mechanical Engineering Branch
Mobile Arrestor Gear System
Transportable Arrestor Gear System
Combat Operation Center (COC)
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Tactical Air Control Party (TACP)
Construction Engineering
Maple Flag
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1978 (Spring and Fall) (I &II)
1979 (Spring and Fall) (III & IV)
1980 (Spring and Fall) (V & VI)
1981 (Spring and Fall) (VII & VIII)
1982 (Spring and Fall) (IX & X)
Title Maple Flag Orders and ROE
Author None
ISBN None
Title In Flight Guide
Author None
ISBN None
1983 (Spring and Fall) (XI & XII)
1984 (Spring and Fall) (XIII & XIV)
1985 (Spring and Fall) (XV & XVI)
1986 (Spring and Fall) (XVII & XVIII)
1987 (Spring and Fall) (XVIX & XX)
1988 (XXI)
1989 (XXII)
1990 (XXIII)
United States
1991 (XXIV)
Cancelled due to Operation Desert Storm
1992 (XXV)
1993 (XXVI)
1994 (XXVII)
1995 (XXVIII)
Medal
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1996 (XXIX)
1997 (XXX)
1998 (XXXI)
1999 (XXXII)
Cancelled due to Operation Allied Forces in Kosovo
2000 (XXXIII)
French
German
United States
2001 (XXXIV)
Australia
Germany
Netherlands
New Zealand
Singapore
United Kingdom
United States
2002 (XXXV)
Belgium
France
Germany
Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States
2003 (XXXVI)
France
Germany
Singapore
United Kingdom
United States
2004 (XXXVII)
Belgium
France
Germany
Netherlands
United States
Coin
Unknown. Can anyone identify this one. I have one similar under Bases_Stations Goose Bay dated 2004, thus I believe this one is from 2004 as well. I have contacted the RAF not theirs, I have contacted the German Air Force, not theirs.
2005 (XXXVIII)
2006 (XXXIX)
Germany
France
Netherlands
Night flying carried out by the RNLAF
New Zealand
Republic of Singapore
United States
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Royal Netherlands Night Flying 2006
2007 (XL)
2008 (XLI)
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2009 (XLII)
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Brochure
2010 (XLIII)
Canadian Flag should be at bottom
Coin
2011 (XLIV) (Cancelled)
2012 (XLV)
Austria
Brazil
France
Germany
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Republic of Singapore
United Kingdom
United States
2013 (XLVI)
Belgium
Colombia
Germany
Singapore
United Kingdom
United States
2014 (XLVII)
2015 (XLVIII) cancelled due to Op Impact
2016 (XLIX)
2017 (L)
Aggressor CF-18
2018 (LI)
Australia
Brazil
Belgium
France
Peru
Qatar
Saudi
United States
Misc Maple Flag
AFTTC (Air Force Tactical Training Centre) (part of Maple Flag)
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Air Movements
Ground and Search and Rescue
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Meteorology
Missile Lab
Operations
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SAREX 95
WSRO (Wing Standards and Readiness Organization)
WSO (Wing Standards Organization)
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WSSU (Weapons System Software Unit)
Museum
Coin
Cold Lake Air Force Museum
Diving Club
Shooting Team
784 Wing
Town of Grand Centre
Medley Community Council