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The Cold War Ends and base organizations and three “lodger units”,
And The Campaign Against located on bases owned by the Royal Canadian Navy,
Terrorism Begins (1989-PRESENT) Canadian Army or the Chief of Military Personnel.

The Cold War dominated military planning for more Peacekeeping
than 40 years. Although it is difficult to place the And
beginning of the Cold War at a particular moment in International Missions
time, it is easier to identify its end. The Berlin Wall fell
Canada has been a leader in peacekeeping since the
in 1989 and was reduced to rubble by the following
idea of a United Nations Peacekeeping Force for the
year. The Soviet hold on eastern Europe had broken.
Suez Canal region was proposed in 1956 by Lester
By the early 1990s, Canada had withdrawn its forces Pearson, who was then the Canadian Ambassador to
from Europe and closed its bases. A decade later, the United Nations.
Canada’s military was grappling with a world
dominated by regional conflicts, fears of nuclear
proliferation and terrorism.

1 CANADIAN AIR
DIVISION
In 1993, all Air Force
bases were
designated as
wings. Then, in
The peacekeepers were there to allow the
1997, the Air Force
disengagement of British, French, Egyptian and Israeli
consolidated all of
its air groups into a forces. The RCAF created 114 Air Transport Unit (ATU)
to fly Canadian and other United Nations Emergency
single command
Force (UNEF) members from Italy to Egypt at the start
and control entity
named 1 Canadian of the mission, while 115 ATU operated in the Sinai
providing support to UNEF.
Air Division; all Capt Don Philip, a Sea King
wings across pilot, deployed with HMCS
Canada were placed Winnipeg to the Gulf of
under its Oman in 2005 for Operation
operational control. Altair.

With its creation, the Commander of Air Command
moved to National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa,
Ontario, and was given the additional title of Chief of
the Air Staff, an office that had not been seen since
the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968. The Canadian flag was lowered for the last time by
2 Canadian Air Division/Air Force Doctrine and our military in Afghanistan on March 12, 2014. This
Training Division was established 2009, responsible mission involved more than 40,000 Canadian Armed
for Air Force doctrine, individual training and Forces personnel—our country's largest deployment
education. The Division also commands two wings as since the Second World War. Our brave men and
well as several schools and training establishments. 1 women in uniform not only took part in dangerous
Canadian Air Division was re-focused on operations. combat operations in Afghanistan, they also
undertook many humanitarian and nation-building
In 2013 there were 13 wings; 10 owned by the Royal initiatives to help the people of the war-torn country.
Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and acting as both wing