News Releases

12/8/2006
Training for overland role takes 407 Squadron to Alberta
19WNR 06/085: The frigid plains of Alberta might seem like a strange place to find an aircraft designed to hunt submarines. But a new skill honed by 407 Squadron in a pair of Alberta-based exercises may be more than a simple change from the sea » Read More

11/21/2006
Vancouver Canucks Alumni to Play the Comox Valley First Responders, February 25, 2007
19WNR: 06/081  It was from the 2003 Op Hockey Heroes Tour that the seed was planted to one day have former Vancouver Canucks stars “Captain Kirk” McLean and Dave “Tiger” Williams bring the Vancouver Canucks Alumni to the Comox Valley. » Read More

11/21/2006
19 Wing United Way Success
19WNR 06/84  The 2006 United Way fundraising campaign was touted as an opportunity for members of 19 Wing to contribute to the local community and it was an unequivocal success. » Read More

11/21/2006
A SIGNED BANNER WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE TROOPS
19WNR: 06/083  On December 5, 2006, an Arts & Entertainment crew from CBC Halifax will be making their way to Kandahar, Afghanistan to put on a show for the troops. » Read More

11/20/2006
19 Wing Cormorant Performs a Precautionary Landing
19WNR: 06/82  Late in the morning of 20 November a Cormorant Helicopter on a routine training flight from 19 Wing Comox performed a deliberate precautionary landing. » Read More

11/16/2006
Military Family Resource Centre to Host a Gigantic Garage Sale
19WNR: 06/080  You are invited! The Comox Military Family Resource Centre (CMFRC) is hosting its first ever “Trash to Treasure” Garage Sale on Saturday, November 25 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. » Read More

10/26/2006
19 Wing Crews Rescue Helicopter Crash Victims
19WNR 06/078: A Buffalo aircraft and Cormorant helicopter from 19 Wing, along with the Coast Guard ship Vector, were tasked to the scene of a helicopter crash at Knight Inlet, in the mouth of the Franklin River Basin in B.C., Wednesday night, 25 October. » Read More

10/22/2006
442 Squadron Rescues Hiker off Ledge
19WNR: 06/077 A Cormorant helicopter was tasked to rescue a 28-year-old male hiker off a ledge on Mount Mark, located on Vancouver Island, on Saturday night, October 21. » Read More

10/12/2006
SAR Techs Hone Climbing Skills
19WNR: 06/075: Anyone who loves to scale or fly over the jagged, snowcapped mountains of British Columbia can do so knowing that the Air Force Search and Rescue (SAR) community is ready, willing and trained to find them should they run into trouble. » Read More

10/12/2006
442 Squadron Cormorant Medevacs Patient from Cruise Ship
19WNR: 06/076: A Cormorant helicopter from 19 Wing was launched October 12, to medically evacuate a 72-year-old Canadian woman from the cruise ship Mercury. » Read More