By Skies Magazine | June 29, 2018 Estimated reading time 13 minutes, 15 seconds.
REELING IN THE YEAR
The operational, procurement, training and historical milestones of the past 12 months.
By Joanna Calder
NORAD AT 60
NORAD AT 60
By Ken Pole
SUBMARINE HUNTER
The formidable CP-140 Aurora is getting reacquainted with anti-submarine warfare.
By Chris Thatcher
FUTURE FIGHTERS
To manage “interdependencies,” the RCAF placed all fighter projects in one office.
By Chris Thatcher
YEAR OF THE CYCLONE
Declared operationally capable, the CH-148 is embarking on its first deployment.
By Lisa Gordon
SHAKEDOWN OVER IRAQ
The mission in Iraq may have changed, but CH-146 Griffons are still critical support.
By Chris Thatcher
BIRTH OF SWIFT DEATH
In one of many firsts, 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron is marking its 100th anniversary.
By Richard Mayne
RAM TOUGH
After 100 years, 401 Squadron remains on high readiness duty.
By Chris Thatcher
TROUBLE WITH TRANSITIONS
Managing personnel poses a challenge in the transition from old to new fleets.
By Chris Thatcher
DAWN OF MARITIME AVIATION
Formed to counter German submarines, 12 Wing Shearwater celebrates 100 years.
By Ernie Cable
BOMBER COMMAND
Sharing tales of the true nature of courageous fighting spirit.
By Richard Mayne
CRITICAL SPACE
The RCAF has responsibility for the defence Space program. Now comes the hard part.
By Ben Forrest
AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION
Before deploying to Mali, CH-147 Chinooks became forward aeromedical evacuation capable.
By Chris Thatcher
TECHNICIANS AT WORK
Cpl Taylor Hartnell shares a day in the life of maintaining the CH-147 Chinook.
By Ken Pole
INSIGHT SHOWCASE
2018 supplier capability
I am the son of a former RAF World War II fighter pilot who has just read your two articles Bomber Command and Birth of Swift Death. My mother was a plotter in Bomber Command, sending Lancs out to bomb Nazi Germany. My dad flew Spitfires, Hurricanes, and Typhoons, the latter with 257 Squadron. Both my parents were active in veterans’ organizations until their deaths.
I have written a tribute to such pilots, based on my father’s experiences in Occupied France, and later in Stalag Luft III, from which the Great Escape took place. I am a former English teacher with 27 published short stories, essays and reviews in an on-line paper, ‘Story Quilt’, to my credit, as well as a published book.
Would your editor be interested in possibly publishing this article? It is about 3000 words in length, and includes two photographs taken in the 1940s, one with my dad and his ‘Tiffie’ and the other of his downed Typhoon in Normandy.