During Exercise Eastern Breeze, held from August 25 to September 12 at CFB Bagotville, the 417 (Cold Lake, AB), 439 (Bagotville, QC), and 444 (Goose Bay, NL) Combat Support Squadrons honed their search and rescue techniques. These realistic training scenarios help teams enhance their effectiveness and coordination, ensuring they can respond swiftly when every second counts. ⏱️ 🚁 | Royal Canadian Air Force

“Boat Camp”, 103 Search and Rescue Squadron’s annual maritime extraction exercise has concluded in St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador! 🌊🇨🇦 Working together, squadron members practiced hoisting to and from various kinds of vessels and liferafts to ensure their readiness to rescue sick and injured mariners. Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, and Civil Air Search and Rescue Association all took part in the exercise which hones life-sa

Check out the CC-295 Kingfisher in action! From Sept 8–12, 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron teamed up with Portuguese and Spanish partners during the Advanced Search and Rescue Exercise #ASAREX25. ✈️ 6 aircraft 🛫 22 sorties ⏱️ 40 flying hours Teamwork in action 💪 saving lives through collaboration. #ThatOthersMayLive #ParaQueOutrosVivam #RCAF #413Sqn #CC295Kingfisher #SAR #Rescue #FriendsPartnersAllies #NATO 📸MCpl Simon Arcand | Royal Canadian Air Force

✈️🇬🇧 Exercise Cobra Warrior is underway 🇬🇧✈️ We welcome our NATO partners arriving to the UK ahead of Exercise Cobra Warrior, which begins next week. Aircraft and personnel from the German Air Force - Luftwaffe and the Royal Canadian Air Force have touched down in Lincolnshire, joining the Royal Air Force for the UK’s most complex air exercise. Next week, the Italian Air Force Aeronautica Militare and the United States Air Force United States Air Force are set to join the Exercise. Look out