427 Squadron

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The 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (427 SOAS) provides Canadian Special Operations Forces Command with an aviation capability to all units under its command. The squadron is based at CFB Petawawa, Ontario with a fleet of CH-146 Griffon helicopters. It is the Canadian equivalent of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment of the United States of America.

[edit] See also

• Canadian Forces (CF)
• Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM)
• Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2)
• Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)
• List of Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons
• 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (160th SOAR)

[edit] Sources

• http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/1wing/squadron/427_e.asp
• http://www.cansofcom.forces.gc.ca/en/427specialops_e.asp

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