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Jun 20, 2025 - No. 411 Squadron Badge: A bear rampant Motto: Inimicus inimico (Hostile to an enemy) Authority: King George VI, October 1942 The bear is a fierce fighter and...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 423 Squadron Badge: A bald-headed eagle volant Motto: Quaerimus et petimus (We search and strike) Authority: King George VI, March 1943 The bald-headed...

Jun 20, 2025 - HEADQUARTERS Air Force Headquarters Badge: In front of a circle inscribed with the motto PER ARDUA AD ASTRA and ensigned with the Imperial Crown, an eagle...

When the First World War began in 1914 aviation was still in its earliest infancy. War has a way however of driving technological advances and soon aircraft...

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Jun 20, 2025 - No. 439 Squadron Badge: In front of a fountain a sabre­toothed tiger’s head erased Motto: Fangs of death Authority: Queen Elizabeth II, May 1954 This...

Apr 18, 2021 - The agreement will see a joint RAF & Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Hawk training squadron established at RAF Leeming in Yorkshire, and regular RAF Voyager...

Jun 13, 2025 - No. 409 Squadron Badge: In front of a cloak a crossbow Motto: Media nox meridies noster (Midnight is our noon) Authority: King George VI, March 1944 The...

Jun 19, 2025 - The role played by an organization’s honours and awards program is a significant one. It might seem like a lot of work and effort to manage an awards...

Jun 17, 2025 - 1930 29 July to 16 August On 29 July HM Airship R.100 left its base at Cardington, England, and arrived at St. Hubert on 1 August where it used the new mooring...

Jun 20, 2025 - No. 400 “City of Toronto” Squadron (Auxiliary) Badge: In front of two tomahawks in saltire an eagle’s head erased Motto: Percussuri vigiles (On...

Jun 18, 2025 - No. 429 Squadron Badge On a mount, a bison the head lowered Motto Fortunae nihil (Nothing to chance) Authority King George VI, June 1944 The bison is a...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 432 Squadron Badge: In front of a full moon a cougar leaping down Motto: Saeviter ad lucem (Ferociously towards the light) Authority: King George VI,...

Jun 17, 2025 - No. 407 Squadron Badge; A winged trident piercing the shank of an anchor Motto: To hold on high Authority: King George VI, March 1943 The badge represents...

Some of the largest RAF bases are overseas, with the remotest airbase also being geographically the largest.

Jun 18, 2025 - The following chronology originally compiled by Hugh A. Halliday, for the National Museum of Man Mercury Series, Canadian War Museum Paper No. 6, National...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 404 Squadron Badge: a buffalo’s head Motto: Ready to fight Authority: King George VI, March 1943. The buffalo is a fierce and powerful fighter. ...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 415 Squadron Badge: A swordfish Motto: Ad metam (To the mark) Authority: King George VI, October 1942 The swordfish and motto indicate the squadron’s...

Jun 20, 2025 - RCAF Association Honours & Awards The role played by an organization’s honours and awards program is a significant one. It might seem like a lot of work...

Jun 15, 2025 - The base was liberated by the USAAF who quickly occupied the place and began to reinforce the runway to receive transport planes, including DC3. The expanded...

Jun 20, 2025 - In 1993, during the Air Force Association’s 45th Annual General Meeting in Winnipeg an award was established to recognize out-standing and praiseworthy...

Jun 20, 2025 - No. 434 Squadron Badge A representation of the schooner “Bluenose” Motto In excelsis vincimus (We con­quer in the heights) Authority King George...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 401 “City of Westmount” Squadron (Auxiliary) Badge: A Rocky Mountain sheep’s head caboshed Motto: Mors celerrima hostbus ( Very swift...

Nov 19, 2025 - The undersea espionage and salvage ship Yantar’s increasing presence off the U.K. is concerning, but directing lasers at British aircraft is a new...

Jun 19, 2025 - Robert Douglas “Doug” Curtis, DFC “Always, always, always wake up each day with a purpose.” Robert Douglas (Doug) Curtis, DFC, passed...

Jun 20, 2025 - THE NORAD TROPHY 51 AC&W (OT) Sqn is a dedicated group of operational training professionals who provided critical initial and upgrade training for the...

Jun 20, 2025 - No. 416 Squadron Badge: In front of the maple leaf a lynx leaping down Motto: Ad saltum paratus (Ready for the leap) Authority: King George VI, September 1944...

May 25, 2022 - Air power was still a new technology during the Second World War. The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Scarcely a decade later, during...

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Jun 20, 2025 - No. 426 Squadron Badge A thunderbird Motto On wings of fire Authority King George VI, October 1943 The thunderbird is a mythical bird, the sight of which is...

Jun 19, 2025 - J.A.D. McCurdy Award Introduced in 1994, the McCurdy Award honours J.A.D. McCurdy who piloted the Silver Dart in Canada’s first heavier-than-air piloted...

Jun 17, 2025 - No. 437 Squadron Badge: A husky’s head affronte erased Motto: Omnia passim (Anything anywhere) Authority: King George VI, April 1945 Nicknamed the...

May 12, 2025 - This award, first referred to as the “Air Reservist of the Year” Award, was established by the Air Force Association in the millennium year 2000....

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Jun 19, 2025 - No. 403 Squadron Badge: A wolfs head erased Motto: Stalk and strike Authority: King George VI, October 1943 The wolf is a fierce and powerful antagonist,...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 431 Squadron Badge: An Iroquois Indian’s head Motto: The hatiten ronteriios (War­riors of the air) Authority: King George VI, March 1945 The...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 435 Squadron Badge A chinthe on a plinth Motto Certi provehendi (Determined on delivery) Authority King George VI, August 1946. The chinthe is a legendary...

Jun 17, 2025 - The RCAF Association acknowledges the research done by the renowned RCAF historian, Hugh Halliday, in compiling the information presented below as well as The...

Jun 20, 2025 - TINKESS, DONALD GUTHRIE F/O(N) J45437. From Ottawa, Ontario. Killed Jan 13/45 age 24. #60 Operational Training Unit. Anson aircraft # MK 890 crashed at Luneal...

Jun 19, 2025 - No. 443 Squadron Badge: A hornet affronte Motto: Our sting is death Authority: King George VI, February 1946. This unit was known as the Hornet Squadron....

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Jun 6, 2025 - Tuesday, 1 August, 1944 The day started with very poor visibility.  Consequently no show took place until about 1800 hours when we did a strafe in the Vir...

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Jun 18, 2025 - No. 443 “City of New Westminster” Squadron (Auxiliary) Badge: A hornet affronte Motto: Our sting is death Authority: King George VI, February 1946....

May 29, 2025 - The Mynarski Trophy, awarded for contributions to search and rescue (SAR), has gone to an individual this year. Major Bill Leslie, senior staff officer for air...

Jun 20, 2025 - No. 424 Squadron Badge: A heraldic tiger’s head erased Motto: Castigandos castigamus (We chastise those who deserve to be chastised) Authority: King...

Jun 17, 2025 - Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED, LL.D. (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) Memorial Trophy The...

Jun 19, 2025 - RCAF Association Trust Fund Registration No. 0451195-51 Business No. 88737 4999 RR0001 Canada Revenue Agency Charities Page RCAF Association Trust Fund Current...

Jun 20, 2025 - No. 438 Squadron Badge: The head of a wild cat affronte Motto: Going down Authority: King George VI, October 1945 The wild cat represents the squadron’s...