Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), formerly Air Command (AIRCOM), is the air force of Canada and is often called the Canadian Air Force. It is part of the Canadian Forces. Canada also has an army and a navy.
The air force operates all aircraft of the Canadian Forces, including the helicopters of the army and the navy. The air force is made of fighter jets, cargo planes and helicopters.
Royal Canadian Air Force Media
Two armourers of No 440 Squadron RCAF re-arming a Hawker Typhoon in the Netherlands, 1944
An RCAF CIM-10 Bomarc missile on a launch erecter in North Bay. Viewed as an alternative to the scrapped Avro Arrow, the Bomarc's adoption was controversial given its nuclear payload.
An RCAF CF-18 Hornet during Operation Impact, 2015. CF-18s have been used by the RCAF since 1983.
An RCAF CC-150 Polaris refuelling two CF-18 Hornets near CFB Borden
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2014-08-07 at the Wayback Machine