No. 410 Squadron RCAF

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The No. 410 Squadron RCAF, "Cougars", are located at Canada's primary CF-18 training base at Cold Lake, Alberta. The 410 squadron trains the most people a year on the CF-18. The TV show "Jetstream" is filmed with the 410 squadron and shows life on the base and what pilots must endure to become fighter pilots.

No. 410 was at the time noted as being the top-scoring night-fighter unit in 2nd TAF in the period between D-Day and VE Day.^[1]

31 Mar 64, the Cougars held their final parade. At midnight the 410 Squadron ceases to exist. Shortly thereafter, in 1968, the Squadron was reactivated at Bagotville, Quebec tasked to train the three remaining operational Voodoo squadrons defending Canada. In 1982, 410 Squadron made its most recient move to Cold Lake, Alberta. 410 Tac F (OT) Squadron then received the first CF-18 Hornets in Canada.^[2]

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RCAF Website

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