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
- CFB Bagotville: Defendez le Saguenay (French: "Defend the Saguenay)
- CFB Cold Lake: Vigil Borealis (Latin: "Watching the North")
- CFB Comox: Ai Quanesut
- CFB Gander: Fidelitas (Latin: "Faithful")
- CFB Goose Bay: Tingijub Akkarvinga (Labrador Inuktitut: "Landing Place of the Big Birds")
- CFB Greenwood: Persevere to Succeed
- CFB Moose Jaw: Semper Studens (Latin: "Always Learning")
- CFB North Bay: Custodes Pacis (Latin: "Guardians of Peace")
- CFB Shearwater: Supra Mare Volamus
- CFB Trenton: Comme Il Se Doit
- CFB Winnipeg: Prospice
[edit] Schools
- 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School:
- 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School:
- Air Command Academy: Discimus Ducere
- Canadian Forces Air Navigation School: Dirigere
- Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations: Excellentia Super Omnia (Latin: "Excellence Above All")
- Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies: Vertus Per Scientiam
- Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering: Scientia A Principo (Latin: "Knowledge From The Beginning")
- Canadian Forces School of Meteorology:
- Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue: That Others May Live
- Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training
[edit] Divisions
- 1 Canadian Air Division: Per Ardua Ad Astra (Latin, "Through Adversity To The Stars")
[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
- 400 (City of Toronto) "Eagle" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Percussuri Vigiles (Latin, "On The Watch To Strike")
- 403 (City of Calgary) "Wolf" Helicopter Operational Training Squadron: Stalk and Strike
- 408 "Goose" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: For Freedom
- 427 "Lion" Special Operations Aviation Squadron: Ferte Manus Certas (Latin, "Striking Sure")
- 430 (City of Sudbury) "Silver Falcon" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Celeriter Certoque (Latin, "Swiftly and Surely")
- 438 (City of Montreal) "Wildcat" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Going Down
[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
- 409 "Nighthawk" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Media Nox Meridies Noster (Latin, "Midnight Is Our Noon")
- 410 (City of Saint John) "Cougar" Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron: Noctivaga (Latin, "Wandering By Night")
- 417 (City of Windsor) Combat Support Squadron: Supporting Liberty and Justice
- 419 "Moose" Tactical Fighter Training Squadron: Moosa Aswayita (Cree: "Beware of the Moose")
[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
- 406 (City of Saskatoon) "Lynx" Maritime Helicopter Training Squadron: We Kill By Night
- 423 "Eagle" Maritime Helicopter Squadron: Quaerimus et Petimus (Latin, "We Search and Strike")
- 443 (City of New Westminister) "Hornet" Maritime Helicopter Squadron: Our Sting Is Death
[edit] 14 Wing
- 404 "Buffalo" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ready to Fight
- 405 "Eagle" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ducimus (Latin, "We Lead")
- 413 "Tusker" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Ad Vigilamus Undis (Latin, "We Watch The Waves")
[edit] 15 Wing
- 431 "Iroquois" Air Demonstration Squadron (The Snowbirds): The Hatiten Ronteriios (Iroquois: "Warriors of the Air")
[edit] 16 Wing
- No Flying squadrons
[edit] 17 Wing
- 402 (City of Winnipeg) "Bear" Transport and Training Squadron: We Stand On Guard
- 435 "Chinthe" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Certi Provehendi (Latin, "Determined on Delivery")
- 440 (City of Ottawa) "Red Bat" Transport Squadron: Ka Ganawaitak Saguenay (Montagnais: "He Who Protects The Saguenay")
[edit] 19 Wing
- 407 "Demon" Maritime Patrol Squadron: To Hold On High
- 442 (City of Vancouver) "Snake" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Un Dieu, Une Reine, Un Coeur (French, "One God, One Queen, One Heart")
[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
- 21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron: Intruder Beware
- 29 Aerospace Control Squadron:
- 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron:
[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
- Royal Canadian Air Force: Per Ardua Ad Astra (Latin, "Through Adversity To The Stars")
[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