Articles of Interest
407 Squadron Defends Sea Dragon Belt
SEA DRAGON 2022 ASW AIRCRAFT and CREWS For the second year in a row, a team from 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron at 19 Win g Comox, British Columbia, has shown itself to be a lethal submarine hunter. Operating over a training range near the island of Guam in the...
CP-140 Aurora Added to Canadian Encyclopedia
The Lockheed Aurora is a long-range maritime patrol aircraft (LRPA) used in the Canadian Armed Forces for antisubmarine warfare (ASW) and maritime surveillance. The Aurora entered service in 1980 and replaced the CP-107 Argus. Thanks to structural improvements and the...
Maritime Aviation Association – 1947
In April 2021, our MAVA secretary received an email from Peter Merchant in Calgary, AB offering a scanned copy of a photograph of the 1947 inaugural meeting of the “Maritime Aviation Association”. Mr. Merchant explained that his father, Bob Merchant, third row second...
407 Sqn CP-140M Wins US Navy Sea Dragon Competition
The CP-140M is the final version of the Aurora Incremental Modernization Program (AIMP) in which some components of the airframe were replaced and the original electronics were updated with state-of-the-art avionics and sensors. The Aurora first entered service with...
Maritime Aircraft Retire To National Museums
On 28 September 2019, the National Air Force Museum of Canada, located at 8 Wing Trenton, ON inducted two maritime aircraft into the museum's air park. Earlier in the year a crew from MH 443 at Pat Bay, BC delivered Sea King 12405 to the museum. Sea King 12405 was the...
First CH-148 Cyclone Deployment
CH-148 Cyclone In Flight First Cyclone deployment “outstanding” - from the Royal Canadian Air Force During Operation Reassurance, HMCS Ville de Québec’s CH-148 Cyclone helicopter flew 170 missions including surveillance and maritime security patrols,...
12 Wing Shearwater
100 Years of Maritime Air Operations Birthplace of Maritime Patrol In Canada Founded in 1918, 12 Wing Shearwater will celebrated its 100thanniversary in 2018. 12 Wing Shearwater is one of...
New AESOP Training Device
By Officer Cadet Kylie Penney In January 2018, a group of airborne electronic sensor operator (AES Op) students at 402 “City of Winnipeg” Squadron, located at 17 Wing Winnipeg, will be the first course to graduate with the benefit of using the newly installed...
Last Aurora Home From Iraq
Families and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) leaders welcomed the return of the final CP-140 Aurora aircraft and its aircrew from the Middle East on Saturday, December 16, 2017. News Article / December 18, 2017 Royal Canadian Air Force Members of the Royal Canadian Air...
Operation Renaissance Irma, A Relief Mission in the Caribbean
A CH-124 Sea King helicopter air lifts one of several crates filled with clean water to the island of Dominica during Operation RENAISSANCE IRMA, a relief mission in the Caribbean following the destruction of Hurricane Maria, on September 27, 2017. First tasked to...
Preserve Canada’s Strategic Surveillance Capability
(This is an executive summary of the complete study paper submitted on behalf of MAVA to the government's recent "Defence Plan Review". The full study is attached here.) Background Canada’s geography has insulated our nation from conflicts on our soil; however, our...
415 Squadron crew wins Arctic Maritime Patrol Challenge
A 415 (Long Range Patrol Force Development) Squadron crew from 14 Wing Greenwood, Nova Scotia, deployed to Andoya, Norway, from June 19 to 25 to participate in a Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) Symposium hosted by 333 Squadron, Royal Norwegian Air Force, as part of its...
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