Wings Across Canada

Many RCAFA members are also members of an RCAF Wing. The map below shows the locations of the Wings across Canada.

  • 1 Wing Kingston
  • 2 Wing Bagotville
  • 3 Wing Bagotville
  • 4 Wing Cold Lake
  • 5 Wing Goose Bay
  • 7 Wing (Space)
  • 8 Wing Trenton
  • 9 Wing Gander
  • 12 Wing Shearwater
  • 14 Wing Greenwood
  • 15 Wing Moose Jaw
  • 16 Wing Borden
  • 17 Wing Winnipeg
  • 19 Wing Comox
  • 22 Wing North Bay

1 Wing Kingston

The home of the Griffon and Chinook helicopters. It provides airlift support of troops and equipment anywhere in the world. Its seven tactical helicopter and training squadrons are spread out across the country.

2 Wing Bagotville

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s air expeditionary wing, a formation able to rapidly deploy as a self-contained unit, employing air power and providing associated support wherever needed, across Canada or around the world.

3 Wing Bagotville

Located in Quebec’s Saguenay region. It provides general purpose, multi-role, combat capable forces in support of domestic and international roles of Canada’s Air Force. It also provides search and rescue missions.

4 Wing Cold Lake

The busiest fighter base in Canada. It provides general purpose, multi-role, combat capable forces in support of domestic and international roles of Canada’s Air Force. Home of fighter pilot training for the Canadian Forces, 4 Wing attracts Top Gun crews from all over the world to our annual air combat exercise, Maple Flag.

5 Wing Goose Bay

The mission of 5 Wing Goose Bay is to conduct NORAD and other Canadian Armed Forces operations. As the Eastern gateway to the Canadian Arctic, its strategic location enables 5 Wing to play a key role in protecting the sovereignty of Canada and in the air defence of North America. Their location and the challenging airspace and terrain on and above Labrador and Quebec also allows 5 Wing Goose Bay to offer an outstanding environment for the conduct of joint and combined training for the Canadian Armed Forces, NATO partners and our allies.

7 Wing (Space)

The mission of 7 Wing (Space) is to integrate and assure space-enabled effects in all CAF Operations, driving pan-domain outcomes.

8 Wing Trenton

The hub of Canada’s air mobility forces – from delivering supplies to the high Arctic (Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert) to airlifting troops and equipment worldwide. It is also responsible for search and rescue in central Canada and home to the famous Skyhawks with the Canadian Parachute Centre.

9 Wing Gander

Home of the 103 Search and Rescue (SAR) Squadron, providing full-time SAR services to Newfoundland and Labrador. When a call for help comes in, SAR crews at 9 Wing Gander are ready to head out in any direction from their base in Canada’s most easterly province, Newfoundland.

12 Wing Shearwater

The centre of naval aviation in Canada. Home of the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, 12 Wing supports the Navy with up to nine helicopter air detachments for international and domestic operations.

14 Wing Greenwood

Nestled in the heart of Nova Scotia’s beautiful Annapolis Valley. Aurora crews conduct sovereignty and surveillance missions over the Atlantic Ocean routinely, while search and rescue capabilities are maintained 365 days of the year.

15 Wing Moose Jaw

The site of the new NATO Flying Training Program in Canada (NFTC). This southern Saskatchewan town is also home to the Snowbirds, Canada’s world famous aerobatic team.

16 Wing Borden

The “Birthplace of the RCAF.” The largest training Wing in the Canadian Forces, 16 Wing’s schools offer air force technical training and professional development.

17 Wing Winnipeg

Comprises three squadrons and six schools. It also provides support to the Central Flying School. All combined, 17 Wing turns out what are considered some of the best air navigators and multi-skilled personnel in the world. For Canadian air force personnel, all roads will lead to 17 Wing Winnipeg.

19 Wing Comox

Based on Vancouver Island. Its Aurora crews keep watch over the Pacific Ocean while its search and rescue teams regularly locate downed Aircraft in some of Canada’s roughest terrain while another squadron helps train fighter pilots in tactical procedures.

22 Wing North Bay

Also known as the Canadian Air Defence Sector (CADS), is responsible for providing surveillance, identification, control and warning for the aerospace defence of Canada and North America at the Sector Air Operations Centre.