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Official Royal Canadian Air Force • Air & Space Power • #RCAF • Terms of use: https://t.co/0IGyB1twEk (RTs, follows ≠ endorsement) • En français : @arc_rcaf
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Joined November 2013
CANR stands ready! During #GlobalGuardian, CANR fighter aircraft worked alongside ANR & CONR to intercept a @USSTRATCOM Bomber Task Force acting as a simulated threat demonstrating the ability to rapidly respond to threats across the North American aerospace. @NORADCommand
Early Monday morning, ANR F-16s intercepted a @US_STRATCOM Bomber Task Force simulating a threat as they returned to the U.S. from @INDOPACOM during Operation #GlobalGuardian 26-1. #WeHaveTheWatch #StrongerTogether
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Together, we honoured the courage and sacrifice of those who served and continue to serve. Lest we forget.
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🚁On November 11, 2025, members of 1 Wing supporting the Basic Tactical Aviation Course joined veterans for a moving Remembrance Day Ceremony hosted by 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.
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🚨PSA: The Royal Canadian Air Force will conduct flypasts for several Remembrance Day commemorations across Canada on November 11 at various times throughout the day. Find a list of all flypasts across Canada here: https://t.co/x5v4E2yPhf
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AFNORTH members & interagency partners participated with @DEFENSAmx and @RCAF #CANR counterparts in Exercise AMALGAM EAGLE 25, a live-fly air defense exercise Oct 28-29. This year marked #NORAD’s Canadian Region and therefore Canada’s inaugural participation, enhancing readiness
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Let's go @BlueJays! The RCAF is cheering you on from coast to coast to coast! ⚾️🇨🇦💙 #WANTITALL
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This training ensures maritime SAR readiness throughout the year, in all kinds of challenging weather and sea states. Thanks to all our #SARPartners
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The Squadron spent an intensive week training to hoist Search and Rescue Technicians to and from vessels and liferafts, while extracting simulated casualties.
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Members of the RCAF’s 103 SAR Squadron, @CoastGuardCAN and Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary have concluded the annual maritime extraction exercise known as “Boat Camp” held off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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103 SAR Squadron has completed its ‘Boat Camp’ #SAR exercise off St. John’s. The exercise brought together #RCAF and @CoastGuardCAN members to practice hoisting SAR Techs and simulated casualties to and from a variety of vessels and liferafts in different weather and sea states.
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🇨🇦 Agile Combat Employment in action and it looks incredible. Watch the moment Canadian jets completed their first highway landings! CF-188 Hornets landed on 🇪🇪 Jägala-Käravete Highway during #TARASSIS under their deployment on #OpREASSURANCE. @JEFnations #NATO
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🇨🇦Mission Accomplished! Air Task Force #TARASSIS concludes a dynamic multinational deployment on #OpREASSURANCE across the Baltics and Northern Europe. Agility. Interoperability. Allied Air Power. #ACE #AOE #JEFTogether #RCAF #NATO @CJOC_COIC @JEFnations
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From coast to coast to coast, Aerospace Control Operators command the tech that tracks, identifies, and protects Canadian airspace in real time. Learn more and apply: https://t.co/zasulczyyJ
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Get more info on our adjustments to compensation and benefits for CAF members: https://t.co/mLrqgTLH4E Details on Phase One include: - Military Factor Adjustment (Pay) - Impact on Canadian Forces Housing Differential - Separation Expense Enhancements
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Estonian Air Force gained hands-on experience working with CF-18s, training to conduct hot-pit refuelling in support of Agile Operations Employment. Qualifying #NATO technicians to refuel the RCAF enables allied forces to operate more flexibly and responsively.#ACE @Kaitsevagi
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🇨🇦 CF-18s & 🇫🇮 F/A-18s soar over #NATO northern flank in Finnish airspace during #TARASSIS, executing defensive counter-air operations with CC-130HT air-to-air refueller support. Agile, integrated #AirPower strengthen our Alliance. @JEFnations #ACE #AOE @FinnishAirForce
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🇨🇦 Historic First! CF-188 Hornets successfully landed on 🇪🇪’s Jägala-Käravete Highway, demonstrating Agile Combat Employment. This marks the first highway landing for Canada’s Fighter Force, showcasing the ability to operate in austere environments and rapidly redeploy. #ACE
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Your #RCAF is agile, mission-ready, and committed to operational excellence by engaging with our #NATO partners and allies #LatvianNationalArmedForces #OpREASSURANCE @CanadaLatvia #StrongerTogether #TARASSIS
🇱🇻 🤝 🇨🇦 Today at Lielvarde Air Base, the #LatvianNationalArmedForces and the #CAF came together to reaffirm our shared commitment to interoperability, unity, and collective defence. This joint engagement, held in conjunction with #TARASSIS, underscores the strategic... 1/2
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Today at Ämari AB, ATF #TARASSIS briefed His Excellency Laird Garfield Hindle, Ambassador of @CanadaEstonia, and Col Philippe Sauvé, CDA to 🇱🇻, 🇱🇹, and 🇪🇪. Their presence reaffirms 🇨🇦’s commitment to #NATO, our deployed members, and #OpREASSURANCE. #StrongerTogether #JEFtogether
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