444 Combat Support Squadron Explained

Unit Name:444 Combat Support Squadron
Start Date:1 April 1993
Branch: Royal Canadian Air Force
Role:Rescue
Command Structure:5 Wing
Garrison:CFB Goose Bay
Motto:STRIKE SWIFT STRIKE SURE
Commander1:Major Erin Pratt
Commander1 Label:Commanding Officer
Aircraft Helicopter:CH-146 Griffon

444 Combat Support Squadron is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Armed Forces. Based at CFB Goose Bay, it provides helicopter support to the base operations.

History

444 Fighter Squadron was formed in March 1953 at CFB St. Hubert, Quebec and moved to CFB Baden-Soellingen in West Germany.[1]

Disbanded 1967, it was re-formed as 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at CFB Lahr, West Germany in 1972 as part of Canadian Forces Europe until 1991 and again in CFB Goose Bay in 1993.[2]

Past Aircraft

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No. 444 Squadron. Avroland. 17 November 2013.
  2. Web site: 444 squadron. Helis.com. 17 November 2013.