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Showing posts with label SAR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SAR. Show all posts
Friday, October 19, 2018

CAF Ditches Plan for New Paint Scheme on SAR Aircraft

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By: David Pugliese, The National Post  Canada’s military has reversed its plan to abandon the familiar yellow paint scheme for the country’s...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Does Visibility Matter? SAR Fleet New Paint Scheme Questioned

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CHRIS MACLEAN © 2017 FrontLine Defence (Vol 14, No 5) It probably seemed minor by some standards, but a recent RCAF announcement may impact ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

C295 performs refuelling support with Helicopter

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Airbus Press Release  In December 2016, Airbus Defence and Space successfully demonstrated refuelling contacts between a C295 transport ai...
Monday, September 19, 2016

RCAF Squadrons fly to Yellowknife for SAR Exercise

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RCAF Press Release Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) squadrons from across Canada are participating in their annual National Search and Rescue...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Spartan FWSAR Consortium Proposes $3B SAR Training Center in Comox

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By: David Pugliese, Defence Watch  A consortium trying to win a $3 billion contract to provide Canada with new search and rescue aircraft sa...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Liberals Are Consider Privatizing SAR in Canada

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By: LEE BERTHIAUME, Ottawa Citizen  An RCAF CH-149 Cormorant helicopter on exercising with a Canadian Coast Guard vessel. The Liberal go...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

RCAF & the CH-146 Griffon: Upgrade and Replace

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BY KEN POLE  2015 FrontLine Defence © (Vol 12, No 6) Back in 1992, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) bought the Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopte...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Eelction 2015: NDP Promise to Maintain Spending; Increase Peacekeeping

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As the NDP continues to slide in the polls - they are releasing their partial Defence policy plan. If elected on October 19th (which seems...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Fixed-Wing SAR Bids Extended

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The search for a new fixed-wing SAR aircraft for the RCAF has been delayed again... this time at the request of the 'industry' who a...
Friday, June 19, 2015

First 6 of 28 CH-148 Cyclones Delivered...sort of

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Defence Minister Kenney announced the RCAF's acceptance of the first 6 CH-148 Cyclones in Halifax. (Photo: Canadian Press) The RCA...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Lockheed Martin C-130J to too large for RCAF FWSAR?

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Bids for the replacement of the RCAF's 40 year old Buffalo fixed wing search and rescue (FWSAR) aircraft are due in September 2015, and ...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

RCAF Looks to Former US. Presidential Helicopters for SAR

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Rescue'es could soon be rescued by Helicopters that once carried the President of the United States, as the RCAF looks at ways of bolste...