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First question: There are 3 Combat Support Sqns or CSS, they're in Cold Lake, Bagotville and Goose Bay, the ones at the fighter bases used to have T-33s as well as Griffons and for command and control reasons plus I think the fact that the jet jocks didn't want a rotorhead for a CO, they get their own Sqn. For Goose Bay, they're the only CF Sqn there, the rest of the units are foreign, so again we needed our own Sqn. It'd be a nightmare to have Sqn HQ somewhere different than your unit. The Dets have a little to do with the fact that we're not technically Navy but more to do with the sheer number of Sqns we'd have here in Shearwater, we supply 8 Dets to the Navy + the training unit or OTU (406 Sqn) + 12 Air Maintenance Sqn, so there'd be 10 Sqns here, that's a bit of overkill since an AirDet is made up of 4 pilots, 2 TACCOs, 2 AESOps and an assortment of techs, in all, about 20 guys. That's a little small to have Sqn status though the CSS's are about the same size but there's only 3 in total across the country. 443 Sqn in Pat Bay (Victoria) I think supplies 5 Dets, I'm not too sure on that one but I know we're the bigger Sqn.
I asked for jets in Moose Jaw with helo as my second choice, we had 3 jet slots (2 went Hornets and 1 stayed in MJ to instruct), 6 went multi, not sure of the break down there but I think it was Hercs and Auroras and no Buff or Twin Otter slots, and 9 Helo slots (1 guy released cause he didn't want helo and don't get me started on that one, 1 guy got CT'd on Helo school (Cease Training), 6 went TacHel and I got the lone MH slot).
Hope that answers the questions.
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