Editor's Foreword

Cbt Engr 1 regt
MP 4 coy
Log 10 bn
Medical 14 coy, 4 dets
MI 4 coy
Navy (Maritime Command) 11,025
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
SUBMARINES SSK 4
4 Victoria (ex-UK Upholder) each with 6 single 533mm
TT each with Mk48 Sea Arrow HWT (1 hull currently
operational)
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 15
DESTROYERS • DDG 3 mod Iroquois each with 1 Mk
41 VLS with 29+ SM-2 MR SAM, 2 triple ASTT (6 eff.)
each with Mk 46 LWT, 1 76mm gun, 2 CH-124 (SH-3) Sea
King ASW hel
FRIGATES • FFG 12 Halifax with 2 quad (8 eff.) with 8
RGM-84 block II Harpoon tactical SSM, 2 octuple (16 eff.)
Mk 48 Sea Sparrow with 16 RIM-7P Sea Sparrow SAM, 2
Mk 46 LWT, 2 twin 324mm ASTT (4 eff.) with 24 Mk 46
LWT, (capacity 1 CH-124 (SH-3) Sea King ASW hel)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 12
MCDV 12 Kingston
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 18
AOR 2 Protecteur each with 3 CH-124 (SH-3) Sea King
ASW hel
YDT 8: 2 MCM support; 6 diving tender/spt less than 100
tonnes
TRG 8 Orca
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Esquimalt (Pacific), Halifax (Atlantic),
Ottawa (National HQ), Quebec City (Naval
Reserve HQ). Commanders for MARPAC and
MARLANT directly or through their respective
at-sea fleet commander, act as the MCC for the
operational commands of CANADACOM and/or
CEFCOM.
reserves 4,167 reservists
HQ 1 HQ located at Quebec
Navy 24 div (tasks: crew 10 of the 12 MCDV; harbour
defence; naval control of shipping)
Air Force (Air Command) 19,922 (plus 2,344
Primary Reservists integrated within total Air
Force structure)
Flying hours 104,939 planned for the year
FORCES BY ROLE
1 CAN Air Division, HQ Winnipeg, is responsible for
all CF air op readiness, combat air-spt, air tpt, SAR, MR
and trg. This HQ is the ACC HQ for CANADACOM and
CEFCOM. 1 CAN Air Div wgs directly support land forces
(tac avn and UAV), maritime forces (maritime hel and long
range MP), and Special Forces (hel) with OPCOM status.
Other wgs undertake directly related air roles (AD, AT,
SAR, trg) while remaining under direct 1 CAN Air Div
control.
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2 CAN Air Div is responsible for Air Force doctrine,
initial training and education.
13 Wgs: 1 Wg (Kingston); 3 Wg (Bagotville); 4 Wg (Cold
Lake); 5 Wg (Goose Bay); 8 Wg (Trenton); 9 Wg (Gander);
12 Wg (Shearwater); 14 Wg (Greenwood); 15 Wg (Moose
Jaw); 16 Wg (Borden); 17 Wg (Winnipeg); 19 Wg (Comox);
22 Wg (North Bay). In addition, an Air Expeditionary Wg
(AEW) at Bagotville (up to 550 personnel) will train and
deploy together, and will comprise a cmd element, an ops
support flt and a mission support flt.
FORCES BY ROLE
Strategic
Surveillance
1 (NORAD Regional) HQ located at
Winnipeg; 1 Sector HQ at North Bay with
10 North Warning System Long Range;
36 North Warning System Short Range; 4
Coastal; 2 Transportable (total of 52 Radar
stn)
Ftr/FGA 3 sqn with CF-18AM/CF-18BM Hornet (1
sqn at Bagotville and 2 sqns at Cold Lake )
MP 3 sqn (2 sqn at Greenwood, 1 sqn at
Comox) with CP-140 Aurora*
Spec Ops 1 sqn with CH-146 Griffon (OPCON
Canadian Special Operations Command)
ASW 3 sqn (2 sqn at Shearwater, 1 sqn at
Victoria) with CH-124 Sea King
Tpt/SAR 1 tpt sqn with CC-177; 4 tpt/SAR sqns
with CC-130E/H/CH-149; 1 tpt/SAR sqn
with CC-115; 1 utl sqn with CC-138; 1 tpt
sqn with CC-144 Challenger
Tkr/Tpt 1 sqn with KC-130H; 1 sqn with CC-150 /
CC-150T (A-310 MRTT)
Hel 5 sqns (Edmonton, Borden, Valcartier, St
Hubert, Cagetown) with CH-146 Griffon; 3
cbt spt sqns (Cold Lake, Bagotville, Goose
Bay) with CH-146 Griffon
Trg 1 nav trg school in Winnipeg with CT-142
Dash-8; 1 SAR trg school in Comox (see
also NATO Flt Trg Canada)
UAV 1 unit with CU-170 Heron UAV
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
AIRCRAFT 97 combat capable
FGA 79: 61 CF-18AM Hornet; 18 CF-18BM Hornet
MP 18 CP-140 Aurora*
TPT/TKR 7: 2 CC-150T (A-310MRTT); 5 KC-130H
TPT 47: 4 CC-177; 24 C-130E/H (16–E, 8–H, of which 3
grounded); 6 CC-115 Buffalo; 4 CC-138 (DHC-6) Twin
Otter; 6 CC-144B Challenger; 3 CC-150 Polaris
TRG 4 CT-142 Dash 8 Nav Trainer
AIR DEMO 26 CT-144 Tutor
HELICOPTERS
SPT 6 CH-147 (CH-47D) Chinook
SAR 14 CH-149 Cormorant
ASW 28 CH-124 (SH-3) Sea King
UTL 85: 7 CH-139 Jet Ranger; 78 CH-146 Griffon (incl 10
spec ops)
UAV 5 CU-170 Heron (leased for 3 yrs)
RADARS 53
AD RADAR • NORTH WARNING SYSTEM 47: 11
Long Range; 36 Short Range
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