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RCAF

Presentations 

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles – Canadian and US Programs

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments drones, RCAF

On 14 September 2022, Lieutenant-Colonel Julien Letarte, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Major Drew Larned, United States Air Force, spoke

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Distinguished Speakers 14 September 2022 – Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles – Canadian and US Programs

RUSI(NS) will host Lieutenant-Colonel Julien Letarte, Royal Canadian Air Force, speaking about the RCAF’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft System, and Major

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Presentations 

RCAF Strategy: Air and Space in Formation

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCAF

On 16 February 2022, Colonel Meaghan Setter, Royal Canadian Air Force, spoke to RUSI(NS) and guests with a presentation “RCAF

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Distinguished Speaker 16 February 2022 – RCAF Strategy: Air and Space in Formation

RUSI(NS) will host Colonel Meaghan Setter, Royal Canadian Air Force. The topic of her presentation is “RCAF Strategy: Air and

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Papers 

The RCAF and Canada Need a Bomber Squadron – A Large Water Bomber Squadron

July 31, 2021July 31, 2021 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCAF

by Colonel Murray Lee, CD, RCAF (ret’d) Background Today and for years in the future, the world and especially Canada

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Presentations 

Arctic Air Operations: Canada and United States Agile Fighter Employment in Defence of North America

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments NORAD, RCAF

On Wednesday, 19 May 2021, RUSI(NS), and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) hosted

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Papers 

Why Pilot Training Production for the RCAF is Failing and Why are Pilot Losses Mounting

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 RUSI(NS) Staff 0 Comments RCAF

Background Prior to the integration of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in 1966, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) maintained

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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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