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Short of denying transfers (which would go over like a fart in church), I’m not sure how the CA would not lose people to the RCAF Security Forces - or whatever they decide the name to be.

Isn’t that British cookery? :sneaky:

If the various new RCAF trades (Air Ops Officer, Air Ops Support Tech, etc) are anything to go by, it will be a VOT trade with various incentives. If the majority of the people who VOT happen to be from the Combat Arms…

If a Canadian politician tries to have different talking points depending on the language, then they should be rightly called out.

Shenzhen has been growing at a crazy pace since the late 1990s. But, unless the demographics shift (which I can’t see happening unless there is a huge influx of immigrants), I can’t see how they can keep it going.

Are ”contemptible losers” better or worse than “deplorables”? Asking for a friend.

The r/Leopardsatemyface subreddit has been on fire since…well, 06 Nov, but the last 24 hours have been even more wild.

Probably saw how great Brexit was going.

Yeah, those were the turbojets I was referring to. Stupid Mirage 2000s.

Far, far louder. When I was deployed in KAF (the world’s best airshow, btw) one could almost pick out the aircraft taking off based on sound alone. Fighters, especially turbojets, are ear-splittingly loud.

QRAs have the WASF, which isn’t enough - hence this thread. FOLs don’t have anyone if the planes aren’t there.

Makes sense. Comox has a Costco to service the North Island.

Sort of. The way to manage it is “well you guys knew there was an airport when you bought/rented the place”, or to limit where the aircraft can operate. To be clear, I am not saying that we should keep our fighters in Cold Lake and Bagotville regardless of the reason. There are QRA...

Yeah I should say that if anyone asks about my Second Language profile.

Different engines, therefore different noise levels. The F-35 is louder than the F-18. There are traces around airfields for all sorts of things (heights of buildings for clearance, etc). Part of it is for noise abatement.

That is the plan.

That’s a good point that people seem to miss. The “deployment” could be NORAD, but it doesn’t change the “continuing F/T service” part.

If we’re talking F-35s, P-8s, and MQ-9Bs, this brings a whole host of issues. This isn’t back in the day where you can disperse those assets and just need a location. There are huge security (physical, IT, etc) concerns and parking 401 Sqn at Edmonton International Airport would require...