People Gallery - Page 6

A military crew comes to the aid of an injured trucker involved in a head-on collision near Berens River, Manitoba. The crew (behind stretcher) from left to right: MCpl Dave Lazarowich, SAR Tech; Capt Dawn Wojtowicz Flight Nurse; MCpl Darcy St.Laurent, SAR Tech, and MCpl Andrew Howlett, Medical Assistant. Sgt Roger Moroni (background) was part of the SAR crew from 17 Wing, Winnipeg, on the Medevac flight sent to retrieve the injured trucker and the SAR Techs.
Photo credit: Joe Bryksa/Winnipeg Free Press.

Canadian Forces Search and Rescue Technician Cpl Jason MacKinnon and Traffic Technician and Loadmaster of the flight, MCpl Murray Downing (left and right respectively) prepare to drop a simulated pump from the lowered rear ramp on a CC-130 Hercules Aircraft of 413 SAR Squadron from Canadian Forces Base, 14 Wing, Greenwood, Nova Scotia to a simulated boat in distress in the waters of the North Atlantic during a SAR training mission. Cpl. MacKinnon, originally of Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and a thirteen-year veteran of the Canadian Forces with 68 jumps to his record was employed as a Weapons Technician (Land) until being accepted as a SAR Tech one year ago when he began flying missions with 413 Sqn. MCpl. Downing hails from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and has been a member of the Canadian Forces for eighteen years including his last two years with 413 Sqn.
Photo by Sgt VMW Striemer

Canadian Forces Search and Rescue Technicians Master Corporal Steve Rutt and Sergeant Brian Weir (left and right respectively) use a SAR door on a CC-130 Hercules Aircraft of 413 SAR Squadron from Canadian Forces Base, 14 Wing, Greenwood, Nova Scotia to visually inspect the waters of the North Atlantic during a SAR training mission in order to assess the best possible fashion in which to drop emergency supplies to a simulated boat in distresss. MCpl. Rutt, originally of Mill Cove, Nova Scotia and a ten-year veteran of the Canadian Forces with 85 jumps to his record was employed as a Medical Assistant until being accepted as a SAR Tech two years ago when he began flying missions with 413 Sqn. Sgt. Weir hails from Barrie, Ontario and has been a member of the Canadian Forces for twenty years including his previous employment as an Airborne Rigger and his last eleven years as a SAR Tech. He has now spent five years doing SAR missions with 413 Sqn. and has a total of over 250 jumps to his record.
Photo by Sgt VMW Striemer

Canadian Forces Aviation Technician Private Tim Johnston of 14 Wing Air Maintenance Squadron at Canadian Forces Base, 14 Wing, Greenwood, Nova Scotia applies a plastic-rubber compound sealant to the heat exchanger air inlet duct of a CP-140 Aurora Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Pte. Johnston, originally from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia is a newly trained member of 14 AMS having recently completed his first year of service with the Canadian Forces.
Photos by Sgt VMW Striemer

Canadian Forces Aircraft Structures Technician Corporal Abdalla El-Naggar of 14 Wing Air Maintenance Squadron at Canadian Forces Base, 14 Wing, Greenwood, Nova Scotia reupholsters the seat covers of a CP-140 Aurora Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Cpl. El-Naggar, originally from Truro, Nova Scotia and a sixteen-year veteran of the Canadian Forces, including his previous employment as a Combat Engineer, has spent his last eight years employed in his current trade.
Photos by Sgt VMW Striemer

Winter is here. Technicians from 8 Wing Transportation and 8 Air Maintenance Squadron prepare a CC-150 Airbus for flight on an early November 2000 morning.
8 Wing Trenton photo

Corporal Dale Frelick, a Refrigeration and Mechanical Technician with 143 AEF Lunenburg County, practices his chainsaw technique during round robin training at Exercise Blue Foundation 2000. 14 Airfield Engineering Squadron conducted the annual autumn field exercise at CFB Gagetown this year, making use of the Airfield Training Site and facilities of the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering.
Photo by Cpl Carl Elson, 14 Wing Imaging

April 2001 Twin Otter pilot Captain Ian James of 440 Sqn. in Yellowknife, NWT heats up the cockpit of his Aircraft with the help of a generator borrowed from First Air, a commercial airline serving the communities of the Far North. To be able to work in the cabin, the temperature must be at least -15 degrees celsius while in Kugluktuk, Nunavuk.
Photo By Sgt. Dennis J. Mah