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General News - 11/22/2006
Video game the foundation behind Virtual Exercise Winged Warrior
Look out parents - your argument that playing video games will get your children no where in life was just proven false by 1 Wing's 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron. » Read More

General News - 11/22/2006
Directing staff and scenario writers were able to interject enemy forces and mortar attacks during Ex Winged Warrior ? something that was never possible or plausible in live Winged Warriors of the past. Credit: 403 HEL OTS Virtual exercise a real hit with student aviation mission commanders
West Isle? 4 Tactical Helicopter Squadron? They don’t exist you say? Well, they did in simulation and were quite real to the 12 students being assessed during the 10-day first-ever virtual Exercise Winged Warrior. » Read More

General News - 10/20/2006
LCol Paul Keddy, 408 THS CO (far right) and CWO Dave Herman, Squadron CWO (far left) congratulates the team. Team members: (L to R) MCpl Silvio Mancin, Capt David Wray, Cpl Marie Laska (team captain), Sgt Trevor Friesen and MCpl Jamie Lahey. 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron goes for the gold
For anyone working at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton over the past few months, morning physical training must have seemed a bit strange. Some might have wondered, "Is that the Air Force running with rucksacks on their backs? » Read More

General News - 9/12/2006
Warrant Officer Liz White proudly carries the Canadian flag during opening ceremonies at the North American Professional Cowboys? Extreme Rodeo Tour held in Sudbury in July. Photo: Peter Kastner, KAS Photography 1 Wing Warrant Officer rides high for CF recruitment
When one’s two loves in life come together it can be a magical moment. And that magical moment for 1 Wing’s Warrant Officer Liz White came when she carried her country’s flag
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General News - 9/6/2006
A CH-146 Griffon helicopter flies low over water on Vancouver Island while assisting the RCMP with its annual search for marijuana grow operations. Air Force helps RCMP locate marijuana grow operations
A CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 1 Wing’s 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at CFB Edmonton is helping the RCMP with its annual search for outdoor marijuana grow operations in British Columbia. » Read More

General News - 8/11/2006
On top of the World - Flight Engineer Master Corporal Jean-Guy Poitras stands beside one of 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron's CH-146 Griffon which is on top of Radar Station Ida just west of Canadian Forces Station Alert. Crews from 1 Wing?s 400 THS were 400 ends Op HURRICANE on a SAR note
While most people have been battling the bugs and scorching heat that plagues southern Ontario every summer, one Air Force squadron found a sure way to beat the heat – well, for a few weeks at least. » Read More

General News - 7/25/2006
Humanitarian assistance was a big part of Op HALO. Here Mission specialist Sgt Keven Beaudry carries 14-year old Wilson Gaspar from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter at the Combined Joint Task Headquarters, Port au Prince. CREDIT: COMBAT CAMERA Valcartier Griffon Squadron honoured for quick response in Haiti
Imagine resting at home on Spring Break, thinking you have a whole week to do nothing except rest and relax with your family and the phone rings. » Read More

General News - 6/22/2006
Seen planning their flight are (R to L) Major Mike Collacutt, Canadian Forces, Captain Olaf Meiser, German Air Force, Captain Juan Narbona, Spanish Air Force, and Major Peter Boersting, Royal Danish Air Force. Photo by WO Serge Peters Canadians demonstrate international cooperation aboard NATO AWACS
"MAGIC!!! Picture!" calls out the fighter pilot in the thick of "combat" during Exercise Maple Flag XXXIX at 4 Wing Cold Lake. The pilot is asking for assistance from the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS). » Read More

General News - 5/10/2006
Soldiers begin to move forward after getting out of the Griffon. Soldiers from the Defence and Security Platoon (D &S) practice helicopter load and unload drills on the Griffon helicopter. Photos: Cpl Bill Gomm Air Force supports Army at Exercise Charging Bison
CH-146 Griffon helicopter crews from 427 Squadron were integrated into Exercise Charging Bison » Read More

General News - 5/4/2006
Flight engineer Warrant Officer Jacques Boucher, 430 Escadron tactique d?hélicoptère (ETAH) stands outside the CH- 146 Griffon as troops from C Company from 2 Battalion Royal 22e Regiment prepare to board the aircraft. 430 ETAH stands ready for what missions may come
CFB VALCARTIER: It was a busy autumn for 1 Wing’s 430 Escadron tactique d’hélicoptères (ETAH), Valcartier as the squadron prepared for High Readiness status, which came effective mid January.

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