Is there a traditional Canadian Air Force drink?

[HeavyHooker]

There is a drink out of Royal Canadian Air Force history that may interest you.  It is called the Sam's Special.  It originates from Centralia Ontario (my home town) from when it was an RCAF Station.  The local Cadets (student pilots) Mess Hall was run by Centralia Sam Aquilia (forgive my spelling of the last name) and it was his drink that he would give to students to help them relax after a day of evaluation and study.  The drink itself is pretty simple really:

1 part Tonic
3 parts White Wine

I am not sure that the type of white wine matters all that much.  This is not an "official" RCAF drink as the topic suggests, but it is a famed drink with a lot of older retired pilots.  Hope this helps.

HH

 

[LOLslamball]

Well I was preparing for my interview and I came across this page.

http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/hst/page-eng.asp?id=892

and 3/4 of the way down

Moose Milk
There are many recipes for this uniquely Canadian drink but almost all call for rum - and lots of it. Some also include brandy. Add some coffee liqueur as well - all to a milk, cream and vanilla ice cream base with some sugar and a little nutmeg to enhance the flavour. Go to any Christmas celebration at an air wing in Canada and somebody will have mixed up a barrel of this memorable Air Force concoction.

 

[Loachman]

RCAF pilots have been employed in this role for decades.

To which decades are you referring, and in what locations?

 

[SupersonicMax]

Afghanistan, Bosnia.  I know people that were deployed in Afghanistan as JTACs and in Bosnia as FACs.

 

[Loachman]

Then they were not "RCAF", hence my asking.

They were "CEFCOM", since that organization's creation at least. Neither the real (as an actual Service) pre-1968 RCAF nor the "RCAF" (Organization Formerly Known as Air Command) existed then.

 

[SupersonicMax]

If you want to be technical, I guess you are right.  They are still current RCAF personnel. 

If we go by your logic, nobody from the Canadian Army, RCAF or RCN ever deployed on operation, CEFCOM being delegated the personnel's Operational Command

 

[Loachman]

I am not absolutely certain of the specifics of the legalities for the current environmental commands now bearing the names of former services, but that is my belief.

Members of the original three Services certainly did deploy on operations - prior to 1968.

 

[SupersonicMax]

Yes you are correct.  I wrote "ever" but should have written "ever since Expeditionary Commands existed"

 

[Zoomie]

Wow. This post suddenly went to ridiculous levels.

 

[MJP]

Wow. This post suddenly went to ridiculous levels.

Maybe they were drinking too much Moose milk?  Or not enough...

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Back on track people.

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