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The RCAF Foundation’s mission is to recognize, foster and celebrate the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) through community engagement, digital initiatives, education programs, and commemorative activities.
Let's hear it for the Link Trainer, the world's first flight simulator!
The Link was used throughout the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in World War 2.
Link Trainer, Royal Canadian Air Force Station, Alliford Bay, British Columbia, 10 April 1942
LAC Item ID number: 3199512
#aviation #ww2
Two Canadair CT-133 Silver Star trainers of the Royal Canadian Navy flying over Angus MacDonald Bridge between Dartmouth and Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1957.
Source: U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News July 1957
#aviation #history
Canadian Forces Base Trenton in its much younger days. From July 1933, when it was known as RCAF Station Trenton.
Source: Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3382693
#Canada #aviation #RCAF
Squadron Leader Andy Mackenzie, feautred in the photo below, was shot down over North Korea during the Korean War. He became the only RCAF prisoner of war from the Korean War.
Hear his recollection of being shot down over enemy territory
youtu.be/3VuHkzdtYVI
#RCAF #history #militaryhistory
Summer is Snowbird season!
Check out our video on Canada's legendary aerial acrobats
RCAF Snowbirds: Canada's Legendary Acrobats in the Sky
youtu.be/EVmbKZIfapA
New RCAF trainer takes first flight
www.flightglobal.com/defence/cana...
#RCAF #aviation
More than 1,500 round-trip transport flights were carried out by No 426 Squadron during the war.
The RCAF was an important part of Canada's effort in the Korean War.
#LestWeForget #KoreanWar #KoreaArmistice #CanadaRemembers
RCAF nurses were involved in about 250 medical evacuation flights from East Asia and many more throughout Canada.
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Although RCAF members were the smallest contingent of the Canadian Armed Forces in Korea, they had an outsized impact on the war. Canadian fighter pilots flew more than 2,200 combat missions, with the United States Air Force, shooting down nine enemy MiG aircraft.
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#OTD in 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed. This agreement created a ceasefire on the Korean peninsula and established the border between North and South Korea.
Today we remember the members of the Canadian Armed Forces who fought in the Korean War including the members of the RCAF.
Armourers preparing to load practice bombs onto the wing racks of a Fairey Battle I aircraft of No.1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario in July 1941.
Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3525930
Airplanes and pyrotechnics - from the Wednesday night show. #OSH25 #avgeek #aviation #airplane
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Learn how Canada became known as the Aerodrome of Democracy because of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Canada: The Aerodrome of Democracy in World War 2
youtu.be/ek9LttN7ywo
Ah the days of early aviation!
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Summer is Snowbird season!
Check out our video on Canada's legendary aerial acrobats
RCAF Snowbirds: Canada's Legendary Acrobats in the Sky
youtu.be/EVmbKZIfapA
Innovation in aviation has a long history in Canada and continues to this day!
A wireless helmet worn by a member of the Canadian Air Board at High River, Alberta in July 1922.
Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3643544
#aviation #canadaaviation
Check out the RCAF Foundation's video on the CF-18
CF-18: The Hornet with A Sting
youtu.be/KaVxex2ndnw
At the RCAF Foundation we take a look at the versatile Buffalo aircraft. It's Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) capability makes this one amazing aircraft.
DHC-5 Buffalo: The RCAF's STOL Aircraft of Many Roles
youtu.be/MOhJbHr_Pws
#aviation #canadaaviation #RCAF
Learn how Canada became known as the Aerodrome of Democracy because of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Canada: The Aerodrome of Democracy in World War 2
youtu.be/ek9LttN7ywo
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Fairey battle gunnery training from the No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario.
Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3205817
Is the CF-104 Starfighter the most controversial aircraft that saw service with RCAF squadrons?
Is there any other contenders?
Check out the RCAF Foundation's video on the CF-18
CF-18: The Hornet with A Sting
youtu.be/KaVxex2ndnw
The RCAF CF-18 demonstration team at Oshkosh Air Show in July 2024
Credit: Matt Hecht
#aviation #rcaf #cf18
A tranquil photo taken just before the chaos of war.
This photo of a RCAF boat on the Ottawa River was taken at RCAF Rockcliffe in Ottawa in July 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3581349
New video on the RCAF Foundation YouTube channel.
Maryse Carmichael and Sarah Dallaire were the first and second female pilots in the history of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.
Hear how Carmichael influenced Dallaire to become a pilot and a Snowbird.
#aviation
Check it out:
youtu.be/AKCGI6V6yM4
During the Second World War, the Dakota in the photo also saw service with the United States Army Air Forces and the Royal Air Force. It took battle damage over Western Europe.
More info on the Dakota and TS422: caspir.warplane.com/aircraft/ser...
Canadian paratroopers waiting to board #RCAF Douglas Dakota C-47 TS422 at RCAF Rockcliffe.
The RCAF was key for Canadian Army airborne elements during the Second World War and beyond.
Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3584153
#aviation #aviationhistory #history
Congratulations to Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet on becoming Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force. She is the first women to lead the RCAF. We wish you success in your new role.
Thank you to Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny for his years of service with the RCAF.
www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
Those types of nicknames often come after the service of an aircraft, vehicle, or tank but we've seen people connected to the CF-104 confirm the use of the nicknames.
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