File Wellington Barracks Stadacona.jpg thumb left 130px Nelson BarracksStadacona, formerly referred ... the site and it was transformed into HMCS Stadacona . Housing Housing for CFBHalifax is provided ... thumb 250px The entrance to the Stadacona facility at CFBHalifax CFAD Bedford The Canadian Forces Ammunition ... CH 124 Sea King helicopters used on the RCN s warships based at CFBHalifax. Formerly a separate base known as CFB Shearwater , the airfield was realigned as part of CFBHalifax during the mid 1990s. 12 ...Infobox Military Structure name CFBHalifax former Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax location Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada coordinates Coord 44 39 23.63 N 63 34 44.69 W type landmark region CA NS display inline,title image Image 426 Halifax NS.JPG 300px caption HMCS Fredericton FFH 337 docked at CFBHalifax type Naval base built materials used 1759 present controlledby Canadian Forces garrison Maritime Forces Atlantic commanders battles Canadian Forces Base HalifaxCFBHalifax is Canada s east coast navy base and home port to the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic fleet, known as Maritime ... Regional Municipality Halifax, Nova Scotia Stadacona was originally built as the British Army s Wellington Barracks, later known as the Nelson Barracks, as part of the Halifax Defence Complex. After ... of National Defence in the West End, Halifax West End of Halifax. Stadacona is home to the Atlantic ... use. Housing is available at the 12 Wing Shearwater site, which is part of CFBHalifax. A large ... Atlantic, CFBHalifax Royal Canadian Navy Canadian Forces Bases DEFAULTSORT Halifax, CFB Category ... Category Canadian Forces Navy bases de CFBHalifax fr Base des Forces canadiennes Halifax ... Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia . Components of the base are described below. Her Majesty s Canadian ... as Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax and is one of the oldest defence establishments in Canada, having ... on the western side of Halifax Harbour at the southern end of The Narrows. It hosts the headquarters ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2008 Expand French date October 2010 Stadacon Stadacona was a 16th century St. Lawrence Iroquoians St. Lawrence Iroquoian village near present day Quebec City . France French explorer and navigator Jacques Cartier , travelling and charting the Saint Lawrence River , reached it on 7 September 1535. He returned to Stadacona to spend the winter there with his group of 110 men. At the time, the chief of the village was Donnacona . Samuel de Champlain later chose the location of this village to establish the colony of l Habitation , the start of the settlement of Quebec. See also Jacques Cartier History of Quebec City St. Lawrence Iroquoians Hochelaga village coord 46 49 28 N 71 14 36.4 W display title Use dmy dates date October 2010 Category History of Quebec City Category First Nations history Category Former populated places in Quebec Category Iroquois populated places Quebec geo stub Canada hist stub NorthAm native stub cs Stadacona fr Stadacon pl Stadacon ... more details
for salvage at Seattle, Washington Seattle , Washington. See also HMCS CFBHalifaxStadaconaStadacona was also the name of an RCN shore establishment in City of HalifaxHalifax, Nova Scotia ...Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File HMCS Stadacona CN 3275.jpg 300px HMCS Stadacona Ship caption HMCS Stadacona . Infobox ship career Ship country United States Hide header Ship flag Ship name SS Columbia Ship namesake Ship ordered Ship builder Ship laid down Ship launched 1899 Ship acquired Ship commissioned Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Ship fate Acquired by Royal Canadian Navy, 1915 Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country Canada Ship flag Ship name HMCS Stadacona Ship namesake Ship ordered Ship builder Ship laid down Ship launched 1899 Ship acquired 1915 Ship commissioned 13 August 1915 Ship decommissioned 31 March 1920 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Kuyakuzmt , 1924 br Lady Stimson , 1929 br Moonlight Maid Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours ... 1? 4 inch gun Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes HMCS Stadacona ... Iroquois village called Stadacona , after which the ship is named. ref Bumsted, J. M. Canada s Diverse ... Stadacona was one of a number of American private yachts acquired by the RCN during the First World War. The date generally given for Stadacona s commissioning is August 1915, although she may have been commissioned as late as March 1916. Largely engaged in patrol duties out of City of HalifaxHalifax, Nova Scotia , Stadacona was also Vice Admiral Sir Charles Kingsmill s flagship . In early 1919, Stadacona , accompanied by a number of Battle class trawler s, was sent to the west coast via ... for fisheries patrol and hydrographic work. Sale and subsequent career Sold in 1924, Stadacona ... 2011 DEFAULTSORT Hmcs Stadacona Category Patrol vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy Category 1915 ... more details
CFB may refer to Canadian Forces base , military installation of the Canadian forces Caminho de Ferro de Benguela , railway in Angola Block cipher modes of operation Cipher feedback .28CFB.29 Cipher feedback , a block cipher mode in data encryption Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses , a football club in Portugal Continental flood basalt , large volumes of dominantly tholeiitic basalt on continents Complement factor B , a protein Compact fluorescent lamp Compact fluorescent bulb Current feedback operational amplifier Current feedback , a type of electronic feedback used in some operational amplifiers Commission f d rale des banques Swiss Federal Banking Commission CFB, the IATA code for Cabo Frio International Airport CFB is acronym for Call Forwarding when Busy telecom service Circulating fluidized bed combustion Cfb, one of three symbols for the Oceanic climate under the K ppen climate classification system Cytophaga Flavobacteria Bacteroides group, a previous name for the current Bacteroidetes phylum disambig de CFB fr CFB it CFB zh CFB ... more details
, British Columbia Victoria . CFB Esquimalt comprises facilities including Naden formerly HMCS Naden ...Infobox Military Structure name CFB Esquimalt former Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard location Esquimalt ... inline,title image Image Cfb esquimalt aerial.id.jpg 300px caption Canadian naval ships docked at CFB ... Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt CFB Esquimalt is Canada s Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime ... marpac 0 0 w eng.asp?category 97 Canada National Defence CFB Esquimalt History ref , Her Majesty ... in the Pacific. Due to their significance in Canadian naval history, four sites at CFB Esquimalt ... Brandon MM 710 mine sweeper based out of CFB Esquimalt File HMCS Oriole with signal flags.jpg thumb right 220px HMCS Oriole KC 480 HMCS Oriole KC 480 sail training ship based out of CFB Esquimalt As of July 2009, CFB Esquimalt services the following ships assigned to Canadian Pacific Fleet Halifax class frigate Halifax class patrol frigates HMCS Vancouver FFH 331 HMCS Vancouver FFH 331 HMCS Regina ... PCT 58 Wolf PCT 59 Grizzly PCT 60 Cougar PCT 61 Moose PCT 62 Architecture CFB Esquimalt contains ... 1991 Work Point Barracks Administration Building 1020 Recognized 1991 Artillery Barracks, Building 1075 Recognized 1991 Barracks Building 1004 Recognized 1991 The Institute for Stained Glass in Canada ... cite web url http www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org title CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum Home ... . Other facilities CFB Esquimalt operates a bus services to provide intra base transportation. The Lookout ... title The Look Out accessdate 2010 02 21 ref Other properties that are part of CFB ... Bay is also part of CFB Esquimalt. The facility provides non explosive technical testing of sonobouys ... background Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard 1842 1905 Work Point Barracks 1887 1968 became a component of CFB Esquimalt List of Royal Navy ships in the Pacific Northwest 1579 1900s Royal Roads Military College ... Maritime Pacific Command infopage on CFB Esquimalt Canadian Navy Canadian Forces Bases NHSC Commons ... more details
through the Currie Barracks thus the facility also began to use the names Calgary Garrison and Calgary Barracks . CFB Calgary The pending Unification of the Canadian Forces unification of the Royal ... Barracks were redesignated Canadian Forces Base Calgary CFB Calgary on March 14, 1966. As a former Canadian Army facility, the newly designated CFB Calgary fell under Canadian Forces Land Force Command Mobile Command , the new command for Canada s land forces. CFB Wainwright Camp Wainwright at Denwood, Alberta, became a satellite auxiliary training camp under the jurisdiction of CFB Calgary on January 1, 1967, however the facility became a separately controlled base CFB Wainwright on August 1 of that year. CFB Calgary was reorganized by Mobile Command on February 20, 1969, when 1 Combat Group ...Canadian Forces Base Calgary , also CFB Calgary , was a Canadian Forces Base located in Calgary, Alberta . Currie Barracks The Canadian Army opened what was called the Currie Barracks on the southwestern ... from the Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF . During World War II , the Currie Barracks became an army ... of Canada . Following the war in 1946, the Currie Barracks became home to Lord Strathcona s Horse Royal ... Barracks underwent rapid expansion during the Korean War as the facility transformed into a major ... of 1 Combat Group operations. Initial lodger units at CFB Calgary included Headquarters, 1 Combat ... along with Lord Strathcona s Horse Royal Canadians were garrisoned at CFB Calgary beginning in the 1970s. In September 1991, the 1 Canadian Brigade Group and CFB Calgary became independent of each other ... Canadian federal budget 1996 federal budget that CFB Calgary would be closed in 1998 as part ..., CFB Calgary was officially decommissioned, with most of its personnel relocated to CFB Edmonton ... docgallery bu planning pdf cfb west cfb west one.pdf CFB West Master Plan from the City of Calgary ... on the former CFB Calgary property and occupied three historic buildings along Dieppe Avenue ... more details
CFB Griesbach Griesbach Barracks is a former Canadian Army army base in the north end of Edmonton , Alberta , Canada . The site is named after Major General William Antrobus Griesbach 1878 1945 , a veteran of the Second Boer War , the First World War and the Second World War . Griesbach was also an Edmonton alderman and mayor, and served as a Member of Parliament and a Senate of Canada Senator . Griesbach Barracks is home to Canada s Land Force Western Area Headquarters. ref http www.army.dnd.ca 1asg hq units edmonton.htm 1 Area Support Group Units CFB ASU Edmonton Bot generated title ref The site, however is no longer administered by the Department of National Defence Canada Department of National Defence , but was transferred to the Canada Lands Company in a 17.5 million 2001 deal, considered fair market value at the time. Former lodger units located here included the Canadian Airborne Centre and the Canadian Forces Parachute Maintenance Depot, both of which were moved to CFB Trenton in the mid 1990s, as plans to close the runway at Namao accelerated. Much of the former Griesbach Barracks site is currently undergoing major redevelopment, with the entire convert 620 acre km2 scheduled to be fully re developed by 2018. Part of the land was purchased from Canada Lands in 2003 by the Capital Care Group, and is now used as a long term care centre the Kipnes Centre for Veterans, which was opened in November 2005. References references External sources http www.army.forces.gc.ca 1asg hq units edmonton.htm DND site for CFB Edmonton http www.army.dnd.ca 1asg hq edmonton faq s.htm FAQs regarding Edmonton Garrison http www.capitalcare.net centres kipnes.html Kipnes Centre for Veterans Canadian Forces Bases coord 53.608 113.504 display title DEFAULTSORT Cfb Griesbach Category Canadian Forces bases in Alberta Griesbach Category History of Edmonton fort stub Canada mil hist stub ... more details
Infobox airport name CFB Winnipeg nativename image IATA YWG ICAO CYWG WMO 71852 type Public & Canadian Forces Military owner Government of Canada operator DND city served location Winnipeg , Manitoba elevation f 783 elevation m 239 latd 49 latm 53 lats 20 latNS N longd 97 longm 14 longs 05 longEW W coordinates type airport coordinates region CA MB pushpin map Canada Manitoba pushpin label CYWG pushpin map caption Location in Manitoba website r1 number 13 31 r1 length f 8,701 r1 length m 2,952 r1 surface Asphalt r2 number 18 36 r2 length f 11,000 r2 length m 3,353 r2 surface Asphalt footnotes Source Canada Flight Supplement ref name CFS CFS ref br Environment Canada ref http climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca prods servs metstat1 e.html Synoptic Metstat Station Information ref Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg Airport codes YWG CYWG , CFB Winnipeg is a Canadian Forces Base located within the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba . Co located at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport , CFB Winnipeg is home to many flight operations support divisions, as well as several training schools ..., successively, the P 51D Mustang, DH Vampire, Beech C 45 Expeditor, DH Otter and C 47 Dakota. CFB ... Winnipeg North The Canadian Army camp Fort Osborne Barracks, later re named Kapyong Barracks, home ... base, becoming Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg South . Kapyong Barracks closed in June 2004 and 2PPCLI re located to CFB Shilo near Brandon, Manitoba . The Kapyong Barracks name was also transferred to the new garrison facility in CFB Shilo. CFB Winnipeg became home to several transport and utility squadrons ... Headquarters . As with other AIRCOM bases across Canada, CFB Winnipeg s squadrons were grouped under ... training centre, CFB Winnipeg is currently home to 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School ... Flying Training School formerly known as Canadian Forces Air Navigation School or CFANS , the Canadian ... links http www.cg.cfpsa.ca cg pc Winnipeg EN Pages default.aspx CFB 17 Wing Winnipeg http www.airforce.forces.gc.ca ... more details
Facility. Wolseley Barracks was renamed Canadian Forces Base London CFB London on April 1, 1966, in advance ...Refimprove date November 2007 Canadian Forces Base London also CFB London is a former Canadian Forces Base that was located in London, Ontario London , Ontario , Canada . It was downsized and closed during defence budget cutbacks in the 1990s. Local Canadian Forces Primary Reserve Primary Reserve units are now supported by Area Support Unit ASU London which is located in some of the remaining base buildings. As the site of the first purpose built infantry training school erected by the federal government and an early symbol of the establishment of a permanent military force in Canada, part of the base was designated a National Historic Sites of Canada National Historic Site of Canada in 1963. ref CRHP 14341 Wolseley Barracks July 29, 2011 ref History The Wolseley Barracks was established in the 1880s on the outskirts of London when the city traded the John Carling farm property on Carling ... up to that time. Wolseley Barracks became the home of C Company of the Canadian Infantry ... War service numbers were processed here. Wolseley Barracks was named for Field Marshal United Kingdom ... the Canadian Forces . Originally part of Canadian Forces Material Command Material Command , CFB ... 1, 1968, CFB London transferred to Canadian Forces Land Force Command Mobile Command . In 1992 the base was downsized from a Canadian Forces Base to a detachment of CFB Toronto . 1RCR moved later that year to CFB Petawawa . On 1 April 1996 Detachment London closed. Garrison Support Unit London GSU London was subsequently established at Wolseley Barracks to provide the local Reserve, Cadet ... Museum at Wolseley Barracks, in the historic Wolseley Hall. The south half of the Wolseley Barracks ... base gym is now the Carling Heights Optimist Community Centre. CFB London contains a recognized ... site newsroom view news e.asp?id 1555 ASU London to be Consolidated at Wolseley Barracks http ... more details
sorted out, the actual training establishment was founded at a cost of 9 million at Halifax s CFBHalifax HMC Dockyard on May 1, 1942 and was named HMCS Cornwallis in honour of Edward Cornwallis , the founder of Halifax. File Edward Cornwallis.gif thumb 180px left The base was named for Edward Cornwallis, founder of Halifax With the location of the new base decided, construction began in June ... School at CFBHalifax HMC Dockyard in Halifax. This unit trained seamen and wrens in the communication ... in CFBHalifax s Shannon Park, Nova Scotia Shannon Park housing development in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia ...Refimprove date January 2007 File KespewikAdminBldg.jpg thumb Former administration building CFB Cornwallis Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis also CFB Cornwallis is a former Canadian Forces Base located in Deep Brook, Nova Scotia Deep Brook , Nova Scotia . It is situated in the western part of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Annapolis County on the southern shore of the Annapolis Basin . Today most of the base is a civilian business park known as Cornwallis Park . HMCS Cornwallis The rapid expansion ... training to a new facility in southwestern Nova Scotia with convenient access to City of HalifaxHalifax ... Junction where it connected with Canadian National Railway CNR to Halifax and the rest of Canada ... from Halifax. The base would quickly grow to a peak strength of over 11,000 officers and enlisted ... Railways passenger trains at Truro, Nova Scotia Truro and Halifax. HMCS Cornwallis extended from ... training for other ranks. CFB Cornwallis The February 1, 1968 unification of the RCN with the Royal ... name to Canadian Forces Base Cornwallis , or CFB Cornwallis . At the time of unification, many duplicate bases and facilities were being closed however, it was determined that CFB Cornwallis would become ... at ASU Saint Jean CFB St Jean . CFB Cornwallis continued in this role through to its closure in 1994 ... in some of the barracks at Cornwallis Park during the summer months, training thousands of Royal Canadian ... more details
on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality . Following a base rationalization program in the mid 1990s, the Canadian Forces closed CFB Shearwater as a separate formation and realigned the property s various facilities into CFBHalifax . These include Shearwater ... administrative move when the formation CFB Shearwater stood down and the facilities transferred to the formation CFBHalifax and aircraft operations becoming the responsibility of newly formed 12 Wing ... are administratively and operationally part of CFBHalifax and revolve around two functionally separate ... as providing secure docking facilities isolated from downtown Halifax for visiting NATO warships including nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers. adjunct facilities formerly aligned with CFB Shearwater such as the Hartlen Point Golf Course are now attached to CFBHalifax 12 Wing The Shearwater ... States as the location of CFB Shearwater, coupled with the popularity of the Halifax area among ... in Europe. Defence cutbacks and unit and facility realignments from 1994 1996 saw CFB Shearwater stand down as a separate formation and the facility merged as an airfield attached to CFBHalifax. At this time ... Airport , formerlyCFB Summerside , to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment ...Infobox airport name Shearwater Heliport nativename small Halifax Shearwater Heliport nativename a 12 Wing Shearwater nativename r CFB Shearwater small image 12wing esc 72.svg image width 100 image2 CFB ... Forces Base Shearwater Airport codes YAW CYAW , commonly referred to as CFB Shearwater , was a Canadian ... . 12 Wing is headquartered at Shearwater Heliport. Shearwater Jetty , the former CFB Shearwater Annex ... Navy US Navy established Naval Air Station Halifax on the shores of Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia ... saw HMCS Shearwater change its name to Canadian Forces Base Shearwater CFB Shearwater . Base rationalization ... for Maritime Forces Pacific warships. Air shows Beginning in the 1970s, CFB Shearwater began ... more details
Kingston . refimprove date February 2012 coord 44.239896 N 76.448107 W display title File CFB Kingston.JPG thumb right 250px Main entrance of CFB Kingston Canadian Forces Base Kingston also CFB Kingston ... of the Vimy Barracks , named in honour of the Battle of Vimy Ridge . The Vimy Barracks became home to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals which relocated to the Barriefield Military Camp from the CFB ... on the north side of the King s Highway 2 was renamed the McNaughton Barracks in honour of the Canadian ... Wars. From 1945 1969 the McNaughton Barracks were host to the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers School . The base was renamed to Canadian Forces Base Kingston CFB Kingston in 1966 in the lead ... . CFB Kingston was placed under Canadian Forces Training Command Training Command and was responsible ... of the commander of CFB Kingston. On September 1, 1988 the 1 Canadian Division 1st Canadian Division ... Nations for the Gulf War Persian Gulf War in 1991. On March 30, 1995 responsibility for CFB ... to CFB Kingston, however, the unit s 6 tactical helicopter squadrons flying the CH 146 Griffon ... base, CFB Kingston is home to the following lodger units Canadian Army Land Force Doctrine and Training ... Museum Royal Military College of Canada CFB Kingston is the base designated to support RMC, located nearby at Point Frederick Garrison Golf and Curling Club Architecture CFB Kingston includes several ... of Canada Heritage Buildings. ref McNaughton Barracks Canadian Forces Health Services Clinic ... MB37 Recognized 1996 Vimy BarracksBarracks Block, Building VB 7 Recognized 2002 Beament Hall, Building ... CFB Kingston received an award from the Ontario Power Authority s for their leadership in pursuing energy efficiency. CFB Kingston and Direct Energy partnered in 2005 to create the largest Federal Building ... EPC expected to save the base more than 2 million annually in utility costs. At CFB Kingston ... building controls and water conservation. ref http www.runescape.com CFB Kingston Energy Efficiency ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Canadian Forces Base Ottawa also CFB Ottawa was a Canadian Forces Base located in Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa , Ontario . CFB Ottawa was formed in 1972 to consolidate several Department of National Defence Canada Department of National Defence properties in the national capital region for administrative purposes. The two largest components of CFB Ottawa were the former CFB Uplands and CFB Rockcliffe , which were referred to as CFB Ottawa South and CFB Ottawa North respectively. ref http www.militarybruce.com history base history 13.html ref Many residents of Ottawa continued to use the historic names of these geographically separate facilities. CFB Ottawa lost its status as a base during defence cutbacks in the mid 1990s. References Reflist Canadian Forces Bases coord missing Ontario DEFAULTSORT CFB Ottawa Category Canadian Forces bases in Ontario Ottawa Category Transportation in Ottawa ottawa stub ... more details
Garrison or Steele Barracks . History The history of CFB Edmonton begins at an old airfield .... The base is situated at Steele Barracks named for Sir Sam Steele just outside of the city. The area formerly known as CFB Griesbach within the city itself is no longer operational, all buildings and land ... name CFB Edmonton nativename small Edmonton Namao br Edmonton Garrison nativename a nativename r Steele Barracks small image CYED airside.jpg image width 250 caption Helipads on airside image2 image2 ... Location in Alberta coordinates notitle Y website http www.army.forces.gc.ca cfb edmonton EN asu.html www... cfb edmonton metric rwy Y h1 number 03 21 h1 length f 148 x 492 h1 length m 45 ... climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca prods servs metstat1 e.html Synoptic Metstat Station Information ref CFB ..., Kenny Blatchford , a few kilometres south from where CFB Edmonton would eventually be established ... . ref name heritage2 http www.abheritage.ca aviation history military namao.html CFB Namao Alberta Online ... station to be transferred to the Canadian Forces Land Force Command in 1994. CFB Edmonton Lancaster Park 18 Wing Edmonton was redesignated CFB Edmonton . Citation needed date September 2010 Although ... of air force wings in the 1990s the base became 18 Wing. CFB Edmonton today File 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group.jpg thumb HQ 1 CMBG CFB Edmonton is currently the headquarters of Land Force Western ... in British Columbia in 2003. Units from CFB Edmonton have also been deployed on innumerable peacekeeping ... The Area Support Unit ASU and CFB Edmonton provide infrastructure and support to 47 units located in and around ... CFB ASU Edmonton . ref In February 2012, it was reported that the Executive Council of Alberta Alberta ... date February 8, 2012 ref Notes Reflist External links Commons category CFB Edmonton Portal Canadian Armed Forces http www.army.forces.gc.ca cfb edmonton EN main principale.html CFB Edmonton http www.army.forces.gc.ca ... Command Airfields Alaska de CFB Edmonton fr Base des Forces canadiennes Edmonton ru ... more details
for the airport in Mississippi Greenwood Leflore Airport Infobox airport name CFB Greenwood nativename Greenwood Airport image CFB Greenwood CYZX .jpg IATA YZX ICAO CYZX WMO 71397 type Canadian Forces ... 14w 14e index eng.asp CFB 14 Wing Greenwood r1 number 08 26 r1 length f 8,000 ... to as 14 Wing Greenwood or CFB Greenwood , is a Canadian Forces Base located in Greenwood, Nova ... which would see RCAF Station Greenwood activated April 1 of that year. RCAF 10 Group, Halifax announced in mid October 1947 that No. 103 Rescue Unit would move from RCAF Station Dartmouth now CFB ... 1948, the No. 103 RU at RCAF Station Greenwood deployed a Lancaster and Canso to CFB Goose ... Squadron at CFB Comox RCAF Station Comox starting in May 1958, replacing the last Lancasters . Canadian ... . The same day saw RCAF Station Greenwood change its name to Canadian Forces Base CFB Greenwood. That year ... reorganized, moved, or disbanded. To alleviate further overcrowding at CFB Greenwood, 103 RU was moved to CFB Summerside. By the mid 1970s, 6 of Greenwood s 18 Argus aircraft were mothballed and 242 ... transferred from CFB Summerside. 415 Squadron flew the Argus out of CFB Summerside until the spring ... of National Defence Canada Department of National Defence identified CFB Summerside as a candidate for base ... to CFB Greenwood, with Summerside s only operational unit, 413 Squadron successor to No. 103 RU moving ... the 434 Squadron move from CFB Shearwater to Greenwood, bringing its Canadair CT 33 Canadair CE CT .... This squadron was disbanded on April 28, 2002. Later in 2002, 413 Squadron at CFB Greenwood saw ... Present operations Canadian Forces Today CFB Greenwood remains Canada s largest operational air force ... Hercules , air sea rescue, transport Together with CFB Gander and CFB Goose Bay , CFB Greenwood is presently ... in from CFB Bagotville as part of NORAD s post September 11, 2001 attacks 9 11 response to concerns about civilian airline security along North America s east coast. Air Cadets CFB Greenwood hosts ... more details
Infobox airport name CFB Summerside nativename small Summerside Airport small IATA YSU ICAO CYSU WMO 71702 type public owner operator Slemon Park Corporation city served location Summerside, Prince Edward Island elevation f 56 elevation m 17 latd 46 latm 26 lats 17 latNS N longd 063 longm 49 longs 44 longEW W coordinates type airport coordinates region CA PE pushpin map Canada PEI pushpin label CFB Summerside pushpin map caption Location in Prince Edward Island website r1 number 06 24 r1 length f 8,000 r1 length m 2,438 r1 surface Asphalt footnotes SourceS Canada Flight Supplement ref name CFS CFS ref br Environment Canada ref http climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca prods servs metstat1 e.html Synoptic Metstat Station Information ref Canadian Forces Base Summerside CFB Summerside was an air force base located in St. Eleanors, Prince Edward Island St. Eleanors , Prince Edward Island , Canada , now part of the city of Summerside, Prince Edward Island Summerside . RCAF Station Summerside The airfield was constructed by the Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF between 1940 1941 and was named RCAF Station Summerside . It was home to No. 9 Service Flying Training School SFTS , a flight school that operated under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan . Relief or emergency airfields were located at nearby ... RCAF 415 Maritime Patrol Squadron . CFB Summerside On 1 February 1968, the Unification of the Canadian ... Summerside change its name to Canadian Forces Base CFB Summerside . In 1977, the Government of Canada ... the EEZ, such as oil and gas reserves, and fisheries . CFB Summerside s primary mission evolved during ... in City of HalifaxHalifax , Nova Scotia and Moncton , New Brunswick , as well as for mariners ... cuts to the Department of National Defence Canada Department of National Defence identified CFB Summerside ... were transferred to CFB Greenwood in Nova Scotia . Current use The entire property including airfield ... . During its existence as an air force base, CFB Summerside was jurisdictionally situated in the township ... more details
Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group , based in Valcartier, Quebec . At CFB Petawawa, Barracks Building ... Area. Fitness facilities Dundonald Hall is CFB Petawawa s main fitness facility and is located on Festubert ... being renamed Canadian Forces Base Petawawa CFB Petawawa on February 1, 1968. Under the CF, the base ... was disbanded. 2 Combat Group combined with the Canadian Airborne Regiment at CFB Petawawa to form ... at CFB Petawawa 5,100 of them military who are included in the units of 2 CMBG, CFB ASU Petawawa and lodger units. Soldiers at CFB Petawawa have been involved in many operations throughout the world including tours in Afghanistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia . In 2005, CFB Petawawa celebrated ... will be based at CFB Petawawa when they become operational in 2013. ref http news.gc.ca web article eng.do?m index&nid 579979 Government Of Canada Invests In CH 147 Chinook Infrastructure At CFB ... www.army.forces.ca CFB PETAWAWA Department of National Defence Canada CFB Petawawa http www.ottawavalleyforums.com ... more details
Canadian Forces Base Uplands also CFB Uplands was a Canadian Forces Base located in Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa , Ontario . It was RCAF Uplands from 1942 to 1968. Most of the base is now part of Ottawa Macdonald Cartier International Airport . History The Royal Canadian Air Force established RCAF Station Uplands as a wartime training station of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in 1942. The No. 2 Service Flying Training School SFTS was located at the base from August 1942 to April 1947, ref http www.vintagewings.ca VintageNews Stories tabid 116 articleType ArticleView articleId 40 language en CA Inside Uplands an Intimate Look at No 2 SFTS.aspx Inside Uplands ref which was one of two RCAF facilities in the national capital region the other being CFB Rockcliffe RCAF Station Rockcliffe . During the Cold War period of the 1950s, the station was home to several operational squadrons including No. 416 Squadron RCAF 416 Squadron , No. 439 Squadron RCAF 439 Squadron , No. 422 Squadron RCAF 422 Squadron , No. 428 Squadron RCAF 428 Squadron , No. 434 Squadron RCAF 434 Squadron , No. 412 Squadron RCAF 412 Transport Squadron , No. 436 Squadron RCAF 436 Transport Squadron and No. 410 Squadron ... Forces Base Uplands CFB Uplands in 1968. In 1972 the facility was redesignated Canadian Forces Base Ottawa South or CFB Ottawa South as part of DND s amalgamation of Ottawa area defence properties into CFB ... of No. 414 Squadron RCAF 414 Electronic Warfare Squadron based at CFB North Bay . The introduction of the Wing Concept at Air Bases in 1993 resulted in CFB Ottawa South being designated as 7 Wing, although ... closed during the mid 1990s, one of which was all of CFB Ottawa CFB Ottawa North being the former CFB Rockcliffe and CFB Ottawa South being the former CFB Uplands. ref http www.militarybruce.com ... Squadron based out of CFB Trenton operating from these facilities and using the Uplands airfield ... Centre is located on the former CFB Uplands. Military Aircraft at Uplands Several types of aircraft ... more details
Canadian Forces Base Moncton or CFB Moncton is a former Canadian Forces Base located in Moncton , New Brunswick . The centrally located city of Moncton was selected in 1940 for the site of a logistics supply base for military facilities in the Maritimes that were undergoing unprecedented expansion as a result of World War II . Moncton Garrison was constructed in an industrial area on a railway spur line north of downtown, immediately east of the sprawling Canadian National Railways Moncton Shops facility. The Moncton Garrison survived into the Cold War and was renamed Canadian Forces Base Moncton CFB Moncton in February 1968 following the unification of the Canadian Army , Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force to create the Canadian Forces . Under the Canadian Forces, CFB Moncton was initially attached to Canadian Forces Materiel Command Materiel Command however this command was closed in June 1968 and the base was attached to Canadian Forces Maritime Command Maritime Command . Defence budget cuts in the 1990s following the end of the Cold War saw CFB Moncton identified for closure as a formation. It stood down on April 1, 1996 and at that time was replaced by Canadian Forces Base Gagetown Detachment Moncton , a unit of CFB Gagetown . CFB Gagetown Detachment Moncton supports the following units stationed at the garrison 1 Construction Engineering Unit 4 Air Defence Regiment 8th Canadian Hussars Princess Louise s 37 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters Canadian Forces Bases Coord 46.091515 N 64.796784 W format dms region CA NB display title Category Canadian Forces bases in New Brunswick Moncton Category Buildings and structures in Moncton ... more details
Canadian Forces Base Montreal also CFB Montreal is a Canadian Forces Base network located in Montreal , Quebec . The base is home to Land Force Quebec Area 34e Groupe Brigade du Canada Reserve which includes Royal Canadian Hussars Royal Canadian Hussars Montreal Reserve Armoured Cougar The Canadian Grenadier Guards Reserve Light Infantry Black Watch of Canada The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment of Canada Reserve Light Infantry The Royal Montreal Regiment Reserve Light Infantry Le R giment de Maisonneuve Reserve Light Infantry Les Fusiliers Mont Royal Reserve Light Infantry References Reflist http www.army.forces.gc.ca land terre units unites index eng.asp?action City&id 31 Army list of units at CFB Montreal Canadian Forces Bases coord 45.576 73.523 display title DEFAULTSORT Cfb Montreal Category Canadian Forces bases in Quebec Montreal Category Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve ... more details
Infobox airport name CFB Shilo nativename small Shilo Heliport nativename a ASU Shilo small TC CKM3 type Military owner Government of Canada operator Department of National Defence Canada DND city served location Shilo hub built 1932 used 1910 commander military airports occupants military airports elevation f 1,225 elevation m Convert 1225 ft disp output number only website http www.army.forces.gc.ca cfb shilo www.army.forces.gc.ca latd 49 latm 48 lats latNS N longd 099 longm 38 longs longEW W coordinates type airport coordinates region CA MB pushpin map Canada Manitoba pushpin label CKM3 pushpin map caption Location in Manitoba h1 number h1 length f 60 60 h1 length m 18 18 h1 surface n a footnotes Sources Canada Flight Supplement ref name CFS CFS ref Canadian Forces Base Shilo or CFB Shilo ... west Manitoba in times of military and civil emergency. History and demographics CFB Shilo has been .... CFB Shilo provides employment for approximately 1,400 military personnel, as well as an additional ... of both detonated and un detonated ordnance. Associated units CFB Shilo is the home of the Royal ... cfb shilo 1rcha e.asp 1RCHA ref 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry ref http ... In addition, CFB Shilo lodges training units such as Western Area Training Centre Detachment Shilo ref name lfwta http www.army.forces.gc.ca cfb shilo lfwa tc e.asp Land Force Western Area Training Centre ... Squadron . ref http www.army.forces.gc.ca cfb shilo 731 e.asp 731 Signal Squadron ref External connections ... Manitoba region. ref http www.army.forces.gc.ca cfb shilo history e.asp History of Canadian Forces Base Shilo ref CFB Shilo has also seen use by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and employees of the Manitoba Department of Corrections. Fiduciary concerns Since the late 1970s, CFB Shilo has been ... of base facilities. ref http www.econdev.brandon.mb.ca Main.nsf Pages By ID 652 CFB Shilo ... reflist External links http www.army.forces.gc.ca cfb shilo Department of National Defence CFB ... more details
Coord 52 49 27 N 110 53 12 W type landmark region CA AB display title name CFB Wainwright Infobox airport name CFB Wainwright nativename small Wainwright Camp Wainwright Field Heliport small image ASU ... Synoptic Metstat Station Information ref Canadian Forces Base Wainwright , commonly referred to as CFB ... history e.htm CFB Wainwright history ref Decommissioned as a POW internment camp in 1946, Camp Wainwright ... and Guard company were reduced to nil strength a few weeks later, marking the end of this chapter of CFB ... Brigade . ref name history CFB Wainwright The February 1, 1968 merger of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian ..., 1967 to become an auxiliary satellite training camp of CFB Calgary . This was reverted on August 1 ... CFB Wainwright as a separate entity within the establishment of CFB Calgary . An airfield was opened at CFB Wainwright in October 1967 and at the time of Unification of the Canadian Forces official unification , CFB Wainwright became a component of Canadian Forces Training Command Training Command as the facility was tasked as a training area. CFB Wainwright offered both officer and basic training ... at CFB Calgary and CFB Edmonton shifted some of their training to the newly established and much larger CFB Suffield . On July 15, 1974, the 1 Combat Group Operational Training Detachment was formed at CFB Wainwright to conduct individual training for two or more units of Mobile Command s 1 Combat Group. In 1983, CFB Wainwright consisted of the training facilities, the 742 Communication ... during the 1990s resulted in the closure of CFB Calgary and consolidation of units at CFB Edmonton. CFB Wainwright was also impacted by defence cuts and was reduced to an Area Support Unit ASU . ASU ... 9 NM abbr on lk in west of Wainwright, approximately convert 7 NM abbr on west of CFB Wainright, with a convert ... Family Resource Centre MFRC , located on CFB Wainwright, provides resources and support for military ... blank e.htm CFB ASU Wainwright Canadian Forces Bases List of airports in Canada Category Canadian Forces ... more details
control and the Rockcliffe Flying Club began using the field. CFB Rockcliffe After Unification of the Canadian ... Rockcliffe was redesignated Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe CFB Rockcliffe . In 1972 it was renamed CFB Ottawa North as part of the amalgamation of DND property in the national capital region into CFB ... use. As of October 13, 2009 the roads leading into CFB Rockcliffe were permanently closed off ... more details
Infobox Automobile image name CFB manufacturer CFB Car Syndicate Ltd production 1920 1921 class cyclecar body style open two seat engine 1078 cc Precision V twin cylinder transmission friction drive length width height weight wheelbase successor none designer The CFB was a British four wheeled cyclecar made between 1920 to 1921 by the CFB Car Syndicate Ltd of Upper Norwood , London. The company name stood for Charles Frederick Beauvais who later went on to build the Bow V Car and then joined coachbuilder New Avon Body Company designing bodies for Standard Motor Company Standard , Crossley Motors and others. Very few CFBs were made. ref name Beaulieu cite book last Georgano first N. authorlink coauthors title Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile year 2000 publisher HMSO location London id ISBN 1 57958 293 1 ref The 1078 cc, air cooled, Precision V twin engine with RAC rating of 9 hp was coupled to a friction drive which gave a varying drive ratio by moving the driven wheel along a cone. This then used bevel gerars to connect to a countershaft and thence to the rear wheels by a belt. ref name AZ1920 cite book last Baldwin first N. title A Z of Cars of the 1920s year 1994 publisher Bay View Books location Devon, UK id ISBN 1 870979 53 2 ref References reflist Category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United Kingdom Category Cyclecars de CFB Car Syndicate ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Canadian Forces Base Downsview also CFB Downsview is a former Canadian Forces base in Toronto , Ontario . The airfield is currently operated as Toronto Downsview Airport . RCAF Station Downsview In 1929 the de Havilland Canada de Havilland Aircraft of Canada constructed an aircraft manufacturing plant, hangar and airfield at a property known as Downsview north of Toronto s central business district . The Downsview Lands were part of an extensive land parcel acquired by the Monarchy of the United Kingdom British Crown in 1787 from the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Mississauga Nation in what is referred to as the Toronto Purchase . Downsview received its name in the 1830s after a farm on the property that was called Downs View , attributed to its commanding vista of Lake Ontario to the south, looking down from the plateau. The area was connected with Toronto in the 1850s when Dufferin Street and the Northern Railway of Canada Northern Railway ... military s front line defence of the region. CFB Downsview The February 1, 1968, unification ... , later shortened to just Canadian Forces Base Downsview or CFB Downsview . Operational units continued to use CFB Downsview through the 1970s and 1980s however, municipal planners and real estate developers ... the federal government decide to close and decommission CFB Downsview. The base closed on April ... moved to CFB Borden 400 Auxiliary Squadron No. 411 Squadron RCAF 411 Fighter Squadron disbanded ... Transport Squadron moved to CFB Trenton Non operational units Canadian Forces Air Transport Command ... Defence R&D Canada Toronto Canadian Forces Aircrew Selection Centre formerly Aircrew Selection ... Area Headquarters No. 1 Mobile Support Equipment Maintenance Depot Current units Despite CFB Downsview ... Area Support Unit Toronto formerly Garrison Support Unit Toronto Joint Task Force Central Area Headquarters ... CA ON display title name CFB Downsview Canadian Forces Bases DEFAULTSORT Downsview, Cfb Category Royal ... more details
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