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The RCAF on the Praries
4 Wing Cold Lake is the busiest 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training
fighter base in Canada. It attracts School is the centre of pilot
Top Gun crews from all over the training in Canada's Air Force. 17 Wing is a Royal Canadian Air
world to our annual air combat Also known as the "Big 2," 2 CFFTS Force base located within the City
exercise, Maple Flag and is, trains over 150 pilots every year of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Co-
without question, the home of the through the NATO Flying Training located at the Winnipeg James
fighter pilot. It not only hosts in Canada (NFTC) program. Armstrong Richardson
Canada's world-class tactical International Airport. CFB
The Big 2 is also home to the Flying
fighter force training, but also Winnipeg is home to many flight
Instruction and Standards Section
deploys and supports fighter operations support divisions, as
aircraft at a moment’s notice to (FIS), the unit responsible for well as several training schools.
training military flying instructors.
fulfill the domestic and Its primary RCAF lodger unit is 17
international roles of Canada's Air As the NFTC prime contractor, CAE Wing, commonly referred to as 17
Force. is responsible for all support Wing Winnipeg
aspects at the school, including the
As an international Centre of One of the facilities at CFB
provision of the training aircraft -
Excellence for tactical fighter Winnipeg is the Billy Bishop
operations, deployable combat the CT-156 Harvard II turboprop Building which houses the
and CT-155 Hawk advanced tactical
support and leading edge training, headquarters of 1 Canadian Air
jet.
4 Wing focuses on people, Division (1 CAD) as well as the
leadership, innovation and headquarters of Canadian North
technology. American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD) Region.
With the implementation of NFTC,
the CT-114 Tutor was phased out
Two as a training aircraft for Canadian
operational CF-18 Squadrons and Forces pilots. The last course to be
two training squadrons, including taught exclusively on the CT-114
Phase IV of NATO Flying Training in was in 1999. The CT-114 Tutor
Canada, and numerous premier continues to be flown only by the CT-142 Dash-8 "Gonzo" of 402
support units, make 4 Wing Canadian Forces Snowbirds.
Squadron
Canada's largest and busiest
fighter wing. 4 Wing has some of
the best and most sought after
amenities in the world, an almost
unrestricted 1.17 million hectare
air weapons range equipped with
state-of-the-art threats and
targets.
