In order to patrol the world's longest coastline, Canada needs an Aircraft with some very long legs.

Meet the Aurora, a long-range patrol Aircraft able to fly over 9,000 km/5,000nm without refueling and Canada's only strategic airborne land and sea surveillance Aircraft.

Designed originally for anti-submarine warfare, the Aurora remains capable of detecting the latest generation of stealthy submarines. But its multi-role capability means it's also ready to tackle a variety of different missions.

In 1999, during an exhaustive search of the Pacific, Canada's Auroras found several small boats crowded with illegal migrants. Constant vigilance of the country's coasts, sometimes in concert with NORAD and the RCMP, has also led to the capture of vessels and Aircraft smuggling drugs.

During Operation Assistance, two Auroras flew missions over flood-ravaged southern Manitoba for two weeks. They photographed flooded areas, monitored radio frequencies and relayed messages to rescue crews.

Auroras participated in OPERATION APOLLO in the Persian Gulf region from the fall of 2001 to the summer of 2003, conducting 499 operational sorties as part of Canada's participation in the campaign against terrorism.