Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Air Forces)

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[edit] Commands

[edit] Bases and stations

Note on abbreviations:

CFB - Canadian Forces Base
CFS - Canadian Forces Station

[edit] Schools

  • Air Command Academy: Discimus Ducere
  • Canadian Forces Air Navigation School: Dirigere
  • Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations: Excellentia Super Omnia
  • Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Ordnance and Engineering
  • Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies: Vertus per Scientiam
  • Canadian Forces School of Meteorology
  • Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue: That Others May Live
  • Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training
  • 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
  • 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School

[edit] Air Force Divisions/Wings

  • 1 Canadian Air Division: Per Ardua Ad Astra (Latin, "Through Adversity To The Stars")
  • 1 Wing: Pacem Armatus Amo (Latin, "Peaceful Yet Armed")
  • 3 Wing: Agmen Primum Libertatis
  • 4 Wing: Auf Wacht (German, "On Guard")
  • 5 Wing: Suliakakatigëjut (Inuktitut, "Working Together")
  • 8 Wing: In Omnia Paratus (Latin, "Prepared For All Things")
  • 9 Wing: Alis Volant Propriis (Latin, "He Flies With His Own Wings")
  • 12 Wing: Supra Mare Volamus
  • 14 Wing: Ad Vigilamus Undis (Latin, "We Watch The Waves")
  • 15 Wing: Serving the Future
  • 16 Wing: Dichere Perfectere Excellere (Latin, "To Learn, To Perfect, To Excel")
  • 17 Wing: Heritage
  • 19 Wing: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (Latin, "There Is No Going Back")
  • 22 Wing: Custodes Pacem (Latin, "Watchmen Of The Peace")

[edit] Air Force Squadrons

  • No. 21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron: Intruder Beware

[edit] Flying Squadrons

  • 400 (City of Toronto) "Eagle" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Percussuri Vigiles (Latin, On The Watch To Strike)
  • 402 (City of Winnipeg) "Bear" Transport and Training Squadron: We Stand On Guard
  • 403 (City of Calgary) "Wolf" Helicopter Operational Training Squadron: Stalk and Strike
  • 404 "Buffalo" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ready to Fight
  • 405 "Eagle" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ducimus (Latin, "We Lead")
  • 406 (City of Saskatoon) "Lynx" Maritime Helicopter Training Squadron: We Kill By Night
  • 407 "Demon" Maritime Patrol Squadron: To Hold On High
  • 408 "Goose" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: For Freedom
  • 410 (City of Saint John) "Cougar" Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron: Noctivaga (Latin, "Wandering By Night")
  • 412 "Falcon" Transport Squadron: Promptus Ad Vindictum (Latin, "Swift to Avenge")
  • 413 "Tusker" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Ad Vigilamus Undis (Latin, "We Watch The Waves")
  • 414 (City of Sarnia) "Black Knight" Combat Support Squadron: Totis Viribus (Latin, "With All Our Might")
  • 415 "Swordfish" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ad Metam (Latin, "To The Mark")
  • 416 (City of Oshawa) "Lynx" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Ad Sultum Paratus (Latin, "Ready To Leap")
  • 417 (City of Windsor) Combat Support Squadron: Supporting Liberty and Justice
  • 418 (City of Edmonton) "Eskimo" Search and Rescue Squadron: Piyautailili (Aboriginal: "Defend Even Unto Death")
  • 419 "Moose" Tactical Fighter Training Squadron: Moosa Aswayita (Cree, "Beware of the Moose")
  • 423 "Eagle" Maritime Helicopter Squadron: Quaerimus et Petimus (Latin, "We Search and Strike")
  • 424 (City of Hamilton) "Tiger" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Castingandos Castigamus (Latin, "We Chastise Those Who Deserve to be Chastied")
  • 425 "Alouetté" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Je Te Plumerai (French, "I Shall Pluck You"; from the French-Canadian folk song, "Alouette")
  • 426 "Thunderbird" Transport Training Squadron: On Wings Of Fire
  • 427 "Lion" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Ferte Manus Certas (Latin, "Striking Sure")
  • 429 "Bison" Transport Squadron: Fortunae Nihil (Latin, "Nothing to Chance")
  • 430 (City of Sudbury) "Silver Falcon" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Celeriter Certoque (Latin, "Swiftly and Surely")
  • 431 "Iroquois" Air Demonstration Squadron (The Snowbirds): The Hatiten Ronteriios (Iroquois? "Warriors of the Air")
  • 433 "Porcupine" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Qui S'Y Frotte S'Y Pique (French, "Who Opposes It Gets Hurt")
  • 435 "Chinthe" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Certi Provehendi (Latin, "Determined on Delivery")
  • 436 "Elephant" Transport Squadron: Onus Portamus (Latin, "We Carry The Load")
  • 437 "Husky" Transport Squadron: Omnia Passim (Latin, "Anything Anywhere")
  • 438 (City of Montreal) "Wildcat" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Going Down
  • 439 "Sabre-Tooth Tiger" Combat Support Squadron: Fangs Of Death
  • 440 (City of Ottawa) "Red Bat" Transport Squadron: Ka Ganawaitak Saguenay (Montagnais, "He Who Protects The Saguenay")
  • 441 "Silver Fox" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Stalk And Kill
  • 442 (City of Vancouver) "Snake" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Un Dieu, Une Reine, Un Coeur (French, "One God, One Queen, One Heart")
  • 443 (City of New Westminister) "Hornet" Maritime Helicopter Squadron: Our Sting Is Death
  • 444 "Cobra" Combat Support Squadron: Strike Swift, Strike Sure

[edit] Ground Squadrons

  • 4 Airfield Engineer Squadron: Global Response
  • 14 Airfield Engineer Squadron: Construire (Latin, "To Construct")

[edit] Disbanded/Decommissioned/Inactive Units

[edit] Commands and Formations

  • 1 Canadian Air Group: Semper Excelsius (Latin, "Always Successful")
  • 10 Tactical Air Group: Exflora Aggredere Fulci
  • 14 Training Group: Exerendum Usque Ad Optimum
  • Maritime Air Group: Over the Seas
  • Air Transport Group: Versatile and Ready
  • Air Reserve Group: Excelsior
  • 2 Wing: Aut Pax, Aut Bellum

[edit] Bases and Stations

  • CFS Baldy Hughes: Unending Vigilance
  • CFS Barrington: Caveat Intrudentes[1]
  • CFS Beausejour: Nemini Inferior
  • CFS Beaverlodge: Custos Pacis
  • CFS Chibougamau: Intrus Prenez Garde
  • CFS Dana: Vigilance
  • CFS Falconbridge: Falconis Oculum Cave
  • CFS Gypsumville: Vigilant In Defence
  • CFS Holberg: Etre En Vigie
  • CFS Kamloops: Ils Ne Passeront Pas (French, "They Shall Not Pass")
  • CFS Lac St Denis: Detect and Warn
  • CFS London: Providemus
  • CFS Moisie: Si Invisum, Non Invisum
  • CFS Mont Apica: Toujours Vigilant
  • CFS Senneterre: Silens Exploro
  • CFS Sioux Lookout: Watch and Warn
  • CFS Sydney: Sior Fhurachas Nostri Oculi Acuti
  • CFS Yorkton: Nostri Oculi Acuti
  • RCAF Station Torbay: Fidus et Audax

[edit] Air Force Squadrons (Including Ex-Navy Aircraft Squadrons)

  • 32 Utility Squadron: Nihil Quam Arduum (Latin, "Nothing Too Difficult")
  • 33 Utility Squadron: Finis Coronat Opus (Latin, "The End Crowns The Deed")
  • 115 Bomber Squadron: Beware
  • 119 Bomber Squadron: Noli Me Tangere
  • 162 Bomber Squadron: Sectabimur Usque Perima
  • 401 "Ram" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Mors Celerrima Hostibus (Latin, "Very Swift Death For The Enemy")
  • 409 "Nighthawk" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Media Nox Meridies Noster (Latin, "Midnight Is Our Noon")
  • 411 (County of York) "Grizzly Bear" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Inimicus Inimico (Latin, "Hostile To The Enemy")
  • 420 (City of London) "Snowy Owl" Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron: Pugnamus Finitum (Latin, "We Fight to the Finish")
  • 421 "Red Indian" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Bellicum Cecinere (Latin, "They Have Sounded The War Trumpet")
  • 422 "Tomahawk" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: This Arm Shall Do It
  • 428 "Ghost" (All Weather) Fighter Squadron: Usque ad Finum (Latin, To The Very End")
  • 432 "Cougar" (All Weather) Fighter Squadron: Saeviter Ad Lucem (Latin, "Ferociously Towards The Light")
  • 434 "Bluenose" Combat Support Squadron: In Excelsis Vincimus (Latin, "We Conquer In The Heights")
  • 445 "Wolverine" (All Weather) Fighter Squadron: Strike As Lightning
  • 446 "Griffon" Surface-to-Air Missile Squadron: Vigilance, Swiftness, Strength
  • 447 Tactical Transport Helicopter Squadron: Monjak Ecowi (Algonquian, "Always Ready")
  • 448 Test and Evaluation Squadron: In Agendo Praestantie
  • 449 "Unicorn" Maritime Patrol Training Squadron: Unanimi Cum Ratione (Latin, "United With A Purpose")
  • 450 "Viking" Tactical Transport Helicopter Squadron: By Air To Battle
  • No. 803 Squadron RCN: Intercedimus et Delemus
  • 880 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron: Repérer Et Détruire (French, "To Seek And To Destroy")

[edit] See also

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