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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By the early 1990s, Canada had withdrawn its forces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
1997, the Air Force
consolidated all of The peacekeepers were there to allow the
its air groups into a disengagement of British, French, Egyptian and Israeli
single command forces. The RCAF created 114 Air Transport Unit (ATU)
and control entity to fly Canadian and other United Nations Emergency
named 1 Canadian Force (UNEF) members from Italy to Egypt at the start
Air Division; all Capt Don Philip, a Sea King of the mission, while 115 ATU operated in the Sinai
wings across pilot, deployed with HMCS providing support to UNEF.
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.

2 Canadian Air Division/Air Force Doctrine and
Training Division was established 2009, responsible
for Air Force doctrine, individual training and
education. The Division also commands two wings as
well as several schools and training establishments. 1
Canadian Air Division was re-focused on operations.
In 2013 there were 13 wings; 10 owned by the Royal
Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and acting as both wing