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RCAF

Papers 

Investigating military aircraft crashes

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCAF

Nova Scotia has been hard hit recently.  As of May 22, 58 Nova Scotians had passed away as victims of COVID-19;

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Papers 

The Canadian North, our Airspace, its Surveillance, Air Traffic Control and Search and Rescue – Is Canada doing enough?

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Arctic, RCAF

by Murray Lee and Ed Young With the onset of global warming, more and more of Canada’s north is becoming

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Comments 

The RCAF Needs a Quick Ending to the Search for a New Fighter

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments procurement, RCAF

Isn’t it time for Canadians, and I mean the public and elected politicians, to urge the government into expediting the

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Information Notes 

RCAF Squadron Numbers

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCAF

Modern squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) have 400-series numbers, e.g., 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron. To understand why,

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Defence Policy 

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments defence policy, RCAF

The Security Affairs Committee (SAC) of the Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia is monitoring progress of initiatives listed

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Papers 

F-35 Strengths and Vulnerabilities

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments defence policy, RCAF

An article by Kyle Rempfer in Air Force Times, 20 February 2019, entitled “Air Force Chief defends F-35A against critics,

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Papers 

New Air Surveillance System

March 4, 2019March 7, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCAF

Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) is a new surveillance technology designed to help modernize the air transportation system. It

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Comments 

Pilot Retention – Some Reminiscences

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCAF

The article “Clock ticking as Royal Canadian Air Force looks to stop hemorrhaging experienced pilots” is a 10 February 2019

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Comments 

Refuelling RCAF Aircraft Post-2020

August 22, 2018September 1, 2018 RUSI(NS) Staff RCAF

For the past several years, the topic of a CF-188 Hornet fighter fleet replacement has been the bane of both

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The Challenges of Introducing New Capabilities

Commodore Craig Baines, Commander Canadian Fleet Atlantic, and Colonel Peter Allan, Commander 12 Wing, will speak on the challenges of

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Comments Security Affairs 

Positioning The Appreciation To Fit Preconceived Notions

January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments Army, procurement, RCAF

There was an interesting and timely article in the Autumn 2016 edition of the Canadian Military Journal concerning the 1975-79

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