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21 April 2024

47 no 4



21 April 2024
Terry Leversedge
24 January 2024

Airforce Vol 47 No 3



24 January 2024
RCAF Centennial Poster courtesy of Department of National Defence
25 October 2023

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25 October 2023
Dean Black
1 March 2023

Airforce Vol 46 No 4



1 March 2023
Peter Robichaud
28 November 2022



28 November 2022
Peter Robichaud

Airforce 46 No 2



'LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ANDREW TORRANCE,' 2021 by Gertrude Kearns, C.M.
30 June 2022

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30 June 2022
Heath Moffatt
1 April 2022

Revue Airforce Magazine Vol 45 No 4



1 April 2022
Photo by Dean Black
1 December 2021

Airforce Vol 45 No 3



1 December 2021
Peter Robichaud

Artist Peter Robichaud’s depiction of the CH-136 Kiowa Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) working in a section of two, in support of a Lynx armoured reconnaissance vehicle. The Kiowa was the result of a procurement process that began in the late 1960s, culminating in the distribution of light observation helicopters across Canada, and in Canadian Forces Europe in support of Canada’s army and the land forces of our allies, beginning in late 1971. These helicopters, along with the CH-135 Twin Hueys and, not long afterward the CH-47 Chinook medium lift helicopters, provided the Canadian Army with the aviation support it had been focused on building ever since late in the Korean War when helicopters first began to catch everyone’s attention. Through the mid-to late-1950s the Canadian Army worked hard to build its own organic air force or aviation force capability, with an eye to introducing the innovation that was the helicopter. However, as with all innovations, there were early adapters, in the armoured reconnaissance field and especially in the Service Corps circles. But, there were also laggards, especially in the artillery whose leaders stubbornly held off replacing their coveted L-19s until 1972 when the Kiowa helicopters were finally introduced. This reluctance to make progress in the artillery is what Machiavelli warned about in terms of from where support for an innovation is likely to arise, and from where it is likely not to do so. Some will be luke warm, he said, to the new idea and since they perceive there is more to lose than gain, they will fight the idea for as long as possible. This would seem to be the case with the artillery – the L-19 Bird Dog operated for a specific-sized formation (a Division), at a specific distance from the forward edge of the battle area (FEBA) and was employed only against specific-sized targets, large ones. The helicopter, on the other hand, was more ideally suited to the structure and form of warfare that drove significant changes to doctrine and tactics following the Second World War, under threat of the use of nuclear weapons. The artillery just wasn’t that interested, or so it would seem.

17 September 2021

Airforce Vol 45 No 2



17 September 2021
Peter Robichaud
23 June 2021

Airforce Vol 45 No 1



23 June 2021
Huskies over Bergen-Belsen by Peter Robichaud
12 March 2021

Airforce Vol 44 No 4



12 March 2021
MDA
28 November 2020

Airforce Volume 44 No 3



28 November 2020
Peter Robichaud | Dave O'Malley
2 October 2020

Airforce Vol 44 No 2



2 October 2020
Dave Dunford
15 June 2020

Vol 44 no 1



15 June 2020
Dave Dunford
10 March 2020

Airforce Magazine Volume 43 No 4



10 March 2020
Colonel (Ret) Grant Y. Smith, CD

Revue Airforce Magazine Vol 43 No 3



Charles Kadin (1935-2013)
4 October 2019

Revue Airforce Magazine Vol 43 No 2 – October 2019



4 October 2019
Peter Robichaud
1 June 2019

Vol43 No 1



1 June 2019
Peter Robichaud
15 March 2019

Revue Airforce Magazine Vol 42 No 4



15 March 2019
Peter Robichaud
4 December 2018

Airforce Vol 42 No 3



4 December 2018
Cpl Alana Morin
30 September 2018

Vol42 No2



30 September 2018
Nev Orman
25 June 2018

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25 June 2018
Labusch Skywear Digital Media Sample
25 March 2018

41 no 4



25 March 2018
Leaping Lynx - a portrait of a 416 "Lynx" Squadron CF-101 Voodoo by Peter Robichaud
15 December 2017



15 December 2017
Steve Bigg
15 October 2017

Vol41 No2



15 October 2017
On Guard for Thee - by Ardell Bourgeois
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22 June 2017

Vol41 No1



22 June 2017
Doby Dobrostanski
18 March 2017

Vol40 No4


Airforce Magazine Volume 40 Number 4, has just been delivered to Canada Post; members can expect to see their magazine to begin arriving across the country beginning on Monday, 20 March. One of our most-respected members Ernie Cable writes the “Second Dawn of the Aurora”. Associate Editor-in-Chief Brigadier-General (Ret) Terry Leversedge shares a story about the loss of two Hudson bombers, and the prominent Canadians on board. Dr. Richard Goette has shared a comprehensive review of 113 Squadron, to round out our main features. We also offer a review of Boeing’s first 100 years, and the company’s contributions to natoinal air power in Canada

Vol40 No3



Christopher Walker - Heritage - A Tribute to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and the Andy Mynarski, VC, Lancaster of 419
18 October 2016

Vol40 No2



18 October 2016
Barker's Camel, by Allan Botting
15 January 2016

Vol39 No3



15 January 2016
Helene Croft
15 October 2015

Vol39 No2 – Battle of Britain



15 October 2015
Ardell Bourgeois - Second of Many
15 June 2015

Vol 39 No 1



15 June 2015
Col (Ret) G.Y. Smith
Fall 2014

Volume 38 No 2 & 3


Volume 38 Cover

Fall 2014
Cover Art: by Capt. Jeff Chester – Please Visit: www.jeffchester.ca

A special “Double Edition” with our regular features along with the following articles:

  • Billy Bishop Takes Command of the Flying Foxes by Richard Goette
  • International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) by Terry Chester
  • Three Ships Make History – Two Lancasters And A Vulcan Bomber Mark the IBCC
  • The RCAF at 90: Our Members / Readers Reflect
  • Ernest Lloyd Janney 1893-1941 by Dean Black
  • Guarding Canada’s Aerial Approaches – Air Defence Command in the Early Cold War by Richard Goette
  • Raymond Collishaw and the Battle of Amiens by Mike Bechthold
  • A Journey of Gratitude by Sharon Christensen
  • Major-General Claude LaFrance (1929-2014) by Holly Bridges
  • Op NEVUS 2013 by Capt Courtney Flowers-Douglas
  • Walking in Dad’s Footsteps – Part Two by Wendy Allen
  • An RCAF CF-100 Cold War Accident by Richard Bentham
  • Billy Bishop House : Museum, Archive & National Historic Site by Mindy Gill
  • Lacking Moral Fibre by Dean Black
  • The JN-4 and Training in Canada by Erin Gregory Rice
  • Canadians Pause To Honour Afghanistan Service by Joanna Calder