51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron explained

Unit Name:51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron
Dates:November 1954 – June 1958
1989 – Present
Country:Canada
Branch:Royal Canadian Air Force
Role:Operational training,
Air Defence
Command Structure:22 Wing North Bay
Garrison:CFB North Bay
Garrison Label:Home station
Motto:Tenax propositi
Commander1:Major Andrew Lunn

51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron is a Royal Canadian Air Force unit based at 22 Wing/CFB North Bay. It is responsible for all operational and general training at 22 Wing. Operational and conversion training for RCAF personnel destined to work in the Canadian Sector Air Operations Centre (SAOC) is provided by the squadron.[1]

History

51 Aerospace Control and Warning (AC&W) Squadron was originally formed in Comox, BC, in November 1954 and disbanded in June 1958. The squadron was then re-formed at North Bay in 1989 as one of 22 Wing's three units.

In July 1994, the role of the squadron changed to an Operational Training (OT) squadron and it is now responsible for all operational and general training at 22 Wing.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron. Royal Canadian Air Force. Government of Canada. 15 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150419173152/http://rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/22-wing/51-squadron.page. 19 April 2015. dead.