Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Air Forces)

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[edit] Commands

  • Air Command: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Latin: "Such Is The Pathway To The Stars")

[edit] Bases and stations

Note on abbreviations:

CFB - Canadian Forces Base
CFS - Canadian Forces Station

[edit] Schools

[edit] Divisions

[edit] Wings

  • 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 And Units

[edit] Flying Squadrons

[edit] 1 Wing

[edit] 3 Wing

  • 425 "Alouetté" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Je Te Plumerai (French, "I Shall Pluck You"; from the French-Canadian folk song, "Alouette")
  • 439 "Sabre-Tooth Tiger" Combat Support Squadron: Fangs Of Death

[edit] 4 Wing

[edit] 5 Wing

  • 444 "Cobra" Combat Support Squadron: Strike Swift, Strike Sure

[edit] 8 Wing

  • 412 "Falcon" Transport Squadron: Promptus Ad Vindictum (Latin, "Swift to Avenge")
  • 424 (City of Hamilton) "Tiger" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Castingandos Castigamus (Latin, "We Chastise Those Who Deserve to be Chastied")
  • 426 "Thunderbird" Transport Training Squadron: On Wings Of Fire
  • 429 "Bison" Transport Squadron: Fortunae Nihil (Latin, "Nothing to Chance")
  • 436 "Elephant" Transport Squadron: Onus Portamus (Latin, "We Carry The Load")
  • 437 "Husky" Transport Squadron: Omnia Passim (Latin, "Anything Anywhere")

[edit] 9 Wing

  • 103 "Saint Bernard" Search and Rescue Squadron: To Seek And Save

[edit] 12 Wing

[edit] 14 Wing

[edit] 15 Wing

[edit] 16 Wing

  • No Flying squadrons

[edit] 17 Wing

[edit] 19 Wing

[edit] 22 Wing

  • No flying squadrons

[edit] Numbered Ground Squadrons

[edit] 1 Wing

  • No numbered ground squadrons

[edit] 3 Wing

  • 3 Air Maintenance Squadron:
  • 12 Radar Squadron "Renard":

[edit] 4 Wing

  • 1 Air Maintenance Squadron: Ad Volatum Repairamus (Latin: "We Restore To Flight")
  • 4 Airfield Engineer Squadron: Global Response
  • 10 Field Technical Training Squadron:
  • 42 Radar Squadron "Trapline": Dirigenti Manu (Latin: "Guiding Hand")

[edit] 5 Wing

  • No numbered ground squadrons

[edit] 8 Wing

  • 2 Air Movements Squadron: Nunquam Non Paratus (Latin: "Never Unprepared")
  • 8 Air Communications and Control Squadron:
  • 8 Air Maintenance Squadron: Conjunctis Viribus (Latin: "With Combined Powers")

[edit] 9 Wing

  • No numbered ground squadrons

[edit] 12 Wing

  • 12 Air Maintenance Squadron:

[edit] 14 Wing

  • 14 Airfield Engineer Squadron: Construire (Latin: "To Construct")
  • 14 Air Maintenance Squadron:
  • 14 Software Engineering Squadron:

[edit] 15 Wing

  • 15 Air Traffic Control Squadron: Eyes On The Sky

[edit] 16 Wing

  • No numbered ground squadrons

[edit] 17 Wing

  • 1 Air Movements Squadron:

[edit] 19 Wing

  • 19 Air Maintenance Squadron: Superbia Et Excellentia (Latin: "Pride and Excellence")

[edit] 22 Wing

[edit] Other Units

[edit] 4 Wing

  • Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment: Experto Crede (Latin: "Trust The One Who Knows")

[edit] 12 Wing

  • Helicopter Operational Test and Evaluation Facility: Superbium In Progressum (Latin: "Pride In Progress")

[edit] 14 Wing

  • Maritime Proving and Evaluation Unit: Novam Quaere Scientiam (Latin: "To Seek New Knowledge")

[edit] Disbanded/Decommissioned/Inactive Units

[edit] Formations

[edit] Groups

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

[edit] Wings

  • 2 Wing: Aut Pax, Aut Bellum (Latin: "In Peace, In War")

[edit] Bases and Stations

  • CFB Alsask: Prairie Sentinel
  • 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
  • CFB Montreal: Servir (French: "To Serve")
  • CFB Penhold: Versatile
  • CFS Senneterre: Silens Exploro
  • CFS Sioux Lookout: Watch and Warn
  • CFB Summerside: Fundamenta In Futurum
  • CFS Sydney: Sior Fhurachas Nostri Oculi Acuti
  • CFB Toronto: Sic Nos Non Nosis
  • CFS Yorkton: Nostri Oculi Acuti
  • RCAF Station Torbay: Fidus et Audax

[edit] Air Force Squadrons

  • 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")
  • 411 (County of York) "Grizzly Bear" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Inimicus Inimico (Latin, "Hostile To The Enemy")
  • 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")
  • 418 (City of Edmonton) "Eskimo" Search and Rescue Squadron: Piyautailili (Aboriginal: "Defend Even Unto Death")
  • 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")
  • 433 "Porcupine" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Qui S'Y Frotte S'Y Pique (French, "Who Opposes It Gets Hurt")
  • 434 "Bluenose" Combat Support Squadron: In Excelsis Vincimus (Latin, "We Conquer In The Heights")
  • 441 "Silver Fox" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Stalk And Kill
  • 445 "Wolverine" (All Weather) Fighter Squadron: Strike As Lightning
  • 446 "Griffon" Surface-to-Air Missile Squadron: Vigilance, Swiftness, Strength
  • 447 "Dagger" Tactical Transport Helicopter Squadron: Monjak Ecowi (Algonquian: "Always Ready")
  • 448 "Elk" Test and Evaluation Squadron: In Agendo Praestantie (Latin: "Excel At Assigned Tasks")
  • 449 "Unicorn" Maritime Patrol Training Squadron: Unanimi Cum Ratione (Latin: "United With A Purpose")
  • 450 "Viking" Tactical Transport Helicopter Squadron: By Air To Battle

[edit] Royal Canadian Navy Air Squadrons

  • 10 Experimental Squadron: Superbia In Progressum (Latin: "Pride in Progress")
  • 21 Utility Helicopter Squadron: Omnibus Paratus (Latin: "Prepared for Everything")
  • 32 Utility Squadron: Nihil Quam Arduum (Latin: "Nothing Too Difficult")
  • 33 Utility Squadron: Finis Coronat Opus (Latin: "The End Crowns The Deed")
  • 40 Air Training Squadron: Ad Formandum Fatum Vigillarium
  • 50 Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron: In Aure Vincimus
  • 870 Fighter Squadron: Intercedimus Et Delemus
  • 871 Fighter Squadron: Pugnandum Surgimus
  • 880 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron: Repérer Et Détruire (French: "To Seek And To Destroy")
  • 881 Support Squadron: Ense Constanter Alato
  • 922 Reserve Squadron: Indagando Et Percutiendo

[edit] See also