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Volume 52 Number 27 www.couriernews.ca July 16, 2019

Parade welcomes new

Cliff Kenyon Brigadier- Sean Boyle (left) leads march during parade with former 4 Commander Paul Doyle (right) and incoming Wing Commander Colonel Dave Moar (centre behind). Col. Dave Moar no stranger to 4 Wing

CLIFF KENYON readiness.” He said Doyle brought an “innovative 4 Wing Cold Lake outgoing and nature” and “I’m very proud of how you led incoming , Canadian Armed this wing. You called Cold Lake home and Forces (CAF) members and spectators repeated that often.” looked to the future as Col. Dave Moar And under Doyle 4 Wing became officially became Wing Commander at a more “woven into the fabric of the change-of-command parade on July 10. Lakeland.” Moar replaces Col. Paul Doyle, who Master of Ceremonies for the parade was served as Wing Commander for three years Master Warrant Yannick Dubreuil. and who is taking up a posting in England Attending the parade were local dignitaries to be the (RCAF) as well as Darlene Gates, 4 Wing Honorary Air Advisor with the Canadian Defence Colonel. Liaison Staff and Canadian Defence Attaché The parade was held inside 1 Hangar to Iceland. because of the risk of rain. Presiding over the change-of-command Following inspection of members, all parade was Brig.-Gen. Sean Boyle, Deputy dressed in parade finest, scrolls were Cliff Kenyon Commander of in signed to officially mark the wing change of New 4 Wing Commander Colonel Dave Moar (left) signs scroll . command. taking over command with Brigadier-General Sean Boyle Boyle said that during Doyle’s leadership (centre) and former Wing Commander Colonel Paul Doyle. 4 Wing has been under a “perpetual state of Continued on page 3...

NATIONAL NATIONAL NATIONAL WEEKLY Energy use reduced 418 lives again Training technology tops Entertainment & more! Upgrades at CFB Bagotville will RCAF squadron 418 has been A new Mission Training Centre has Employment...... Page 2 cut energy use by 19 per cent. revived as a been opened at Canadian Forces Unit. Base North Bay. Movies...... Page 4 Page 2 Page 6 Page 6 Entertainment...... Page 7 Page 2 The Courier News & Publishing Tuesday, July 16, 2019

EMPLOYMENT Energy efficiency focus in Bagotville FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHERS NATIONAL DEFENCE required in Cold Lake, Edmonton & Wainwright women and men in uniform with the road. sustainable and efficient facilities “Energy performance contracts Adult audience - 10 students/group maximum Bagotville, – Through in which to work and train. are a great example of how University education, experience & vehicle required ’s Defence policy, Strong, “Our government’s investment greening our infrastructure can Competitive wages - Training provided Secure, Engaged, the Department in energy performance upgrades provide economic benefits for the Send resume to [email protected] of National Defence (DND) is at 3 Wing Bagotville will ensure community, create significant long- reducing its carbon footprint by that our term cost savings for Canadians, improving the energy efficiency of members have modern, and green and help us to meet our climate infrastructure at bases and wings spaces to work and train,” said objectives,” said Hébert. across Canada. the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Retrofits at Bagotville include Richard Hébert, Minister of National Defence LED lighting, improved insulation Parliamentary Secretary to the The upgrades will lower annual and high efficiency heating and Minister of Small Business and energy costs by about $470,000, cooling systems. Export Promotion, announced or 19 per cent. They also support Through these contracts, a Office Closure the award of a $12-million energy the government’s low-carbon company is hired to pay for and performance contract at 3 Wing goal by reducing greenhouse carry out an energy retrofit. The Bagotville. The project will see 60 gas emissions by over 2,500 money saved in energy costs is Notice buildings upgraded with energy tonnes per year, the equivalent of then used to pay the company back efficiency measures to provide our taking more than 500 cars off over a five- to 15-year period. The Courier office will be closed for summer block leave from Wednesday, July 24 to Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Upgrades planned for Goose Bay airfield We will reopen on Wednesday, August 7 at 8:00 am. NATIONAL DEFENCE “The Canadian Armed Forces have been an integral part of the Goose Bay community for over 70 Upgrades are scheduled for the airfield at 5 Wing years. These projects represent key investments in our Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. military and the region, and will create good jobs and Yvonne Jones, member of parliament for Labrador, strong economic opportunities for Labrador,” said said about $2.3 million in runway repairs are planned Jones. in the short term. A full runway repaving project and These upgrades will ensure 5 Wing’s airfield airfield lighting upgrades are planned in the next few continues to support military and civilian air years. operations, while providing economic development “5 Wing Goose Bay is an important training opportunities for businesses in the region. and operating base for the Royal Canadian Air The runway lighting and repaving project will Force and our allied partners. These investments be tendered this summer with work planned over the Centennial Building(#67), are central to our military training and flight next few summers. PO Box 6190 Stn Forces, operations in support of NORAD,” said - Projects will take place in summer because of Colonel Stéphane Racle, Commander, 5 Wing Goose the weather and short construction season in Goose Cold Lake, AB T9M 2C5 Bay. Bay. Work will be sequenced so that one of 5 Wing’s Phone: (780) 594-5206 Runways at Goose Bay were built in the 1950s and runways always remains operational Temporary Email: [email protected] nearing the end of their service life. Maintenance is airfield restrictions for heavy aircraft are expected to ongoing until they will be replaced. lifted once the work is completed. THE COURIER STAFF MANAGER Janae Wandler - [email protected] EDITOR/REPORTER Cliff Kenyon - [email protected] Team effort builds PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Cliff Kenyon Alina Mallais - [email protected] ADMIN/SALES Jasmine Ouellette - [email protected] Stronger wing FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

EDITORIAL ADVISOR 4 WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS f you love change and thrive on for change and demands of the Maintenance teams will have Capt Julie Brunet uncertainty hang around. We’re 21st century. new aircraft to learn about. New Iin for a whopper. Moar said he also intends to procedures to learn. New aircraft DEADLINE But first, let’s all welcome the build on the strong relationship that will need new facilities. Wednesday at 1500 hrs for the following Tuesday new boss. The guy who will lead has developed between 4 Wing, And all of this will be done the attack into the 21st century at the City of Cold Lake and Cold while it’s still work as usual. There CIRCULATION 4 Wing. Lake First Nations because it will be will be no break, no timeout. While 2600 He’s Col Dave Moar, installed vital in future. changes occur to make way for a this month as the new 4 Wing Those relationships that will new fleet of fighter jets, there will The Courier is published weekly with the permission of Commander. be strained, bent and stretched still be a primary task, keeping the the 4 Wing Cold Lake Wing Commander Col Doyle. The Let’s offer all the help we can. through the challenges ahead will CF-18 Hornets not just in the air but opinions expressed are those of the contributor and do He’ll need it. And he wants it and be strengthened. mission ready. not reflect those of the Editor, Canadian Armed Forces, welcomes it. The biggest challenge to 4 Canada and 4 Wing have solid or DND. The Editor reserves the right to reject, edit, or condense any editorial or advertising material. He’s not new to Cold Lake. He’s Wing, and no one knows when it commitments assisting in the air Printed by Star Press, Wainwright, AB. been around here for several years. will occur, will be the introduction defence of North America. It’s not Publié hebdomadairement avec la permission du He was here as a cadet 30 years of a new fighter aircraft to the a job that takes a break while we Commandant de l’escadre, le col Doyle. Les opinions ago. Canadian defense fleet. change the aircraft fleet. personnelles exprimées dans ce journal sont celles des Although he knows his way It’s not if, but when. Col Doyle left 4 Wing in collaborateurs et ne représentent pas les opinions de la around, he predicts much will be That’s what Moar and all of good hands with a leader who rédaction, des Forces armées canadiennes ou du Ministrère de la Défense nationale. La rédaction se réserve le droit de changing at 4 Wing. No single 4 Wing are preparing for, the says he’s ready for the immense refuser, d’éditer ou de condenser tout article et matériel de person can achieve success inevitable and the unknown that challenge. réclame soumis. Imprimé par Star Press, Wainwright, AB. alone, it takes a team to succeed will force changes greater than Wisely Moar is a leader who and Moar says it’s his mission to ever faced by 4 Wing and its new readily admits it takes an eager MEMBER OF: further build on the team effort commander. team effort to achieve success. He here, which was fostered by It will mean new infrastructure, plans to build on that team and we former Wing Commander Col buildings and the like, as well as all can help. Paul Doyle. protocols and training of CAF Team work is how you prepare members. [email protected] Tuesday, July 16, 2019 The Courier News & Publishing Page 3

Military service “not an easy life”

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Doyle was presented with a gift from 4 Wing. Doyle and his wife and daughter left the ceremonies in a British Mini Cooper where the car pulled up to the hangar doors, signifying their impending move to England. They were to fly to London on July 11. Boyle warned Moar that the demands of being wing commander will be significant, and “no single success is ours alone.” He said family and friends help “make us the best versions of ourselves.” Boyle thanked 4 Wing family members for their support and said military leaders “recognize this is not an easy life,” when you consider the long hours, shift work and deployments. Moar said he has always put a priority on people and will continue to do so. During the most recent weeks prior to the change in command he said he has met with the 4 Wing leadership with Doyle. “I love interacting with people and smoothing relationships.” Moar joined the CAF in 1992 and completed advanced jet training at 15 Wing Moose Jaw in 1997. He was posted to 4 Wing in 2003 and posted to 442 Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was posted to 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron upon its reactivation in Avr Brock Curtis Outgoing 4 Wing Commander Paul Doyle calls drill for the last time to members of the wing, at 2006. In in 2011 he served as the Operational the change of command parade held July 10, 2019 at Hangar 1. Capabilities Manager for the Next Generation Fighter (F-35) project. In 2013 he was promoted to be Commanding Officer of 409 Tac F Sqn. And commanded the Operations Support Squadron at 4 Wing. He has more than 4,000 hours of military jet flying including 1,600 hours on the CF-18 Hornet and 250 hours in combat operations. In 2011 he was deployed to Italy for Operation Unified Protector where he participated in combat missions over Libya. In 2014 he was deployed for Operation Impact as Fighter Detachment Commander where he conducted six months of combat missions over Iraq and Syria.

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Avr Brock Curtis Outgoing 4 Wing Commander Paul Doyle leaves the change of command parade in a British Mini Cooper car signifying his new posting in England. Page 4 The Courier News & Publishing Tuesday, July 16, 2019

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Former commander 418 Squadron reformed as rescue unit McNaughton dies RCAF and the Netherlands throughout the Second World War. For its actions during the war it was awarded RCAF The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 418 Squadron several Battle Honours: DEFENCE OF BRITAIN, has been reformed as a search and rescue operational 1944; FORTRESS EUROPE, 1942-1944; Dieppe; Lieutenant-General training unit. FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1944-1945; Normandy, Don McNaughton, a And now 418 Search and Rescue Operational 1944; Rhine. former commander of Training Squadron has a commanding officer— The squadron remained in Germany after the war Air Command, passed Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Jeffers. with British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany) until away June 26, 2019, in Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan signed the it was disbanded on September 7, 1945. The squadron Perth, Ont. Ministerial Organization Order authorizing the re- was subsequently reformed in Canada as 418 Fighter Lieutenant- establishment of 418 Squadron on March 13, 2019. Bomber Squadron on April 15, 1946. The following General McNaughton Lieutenant-General Al Meinzinger, commander of decades saw several changes in its role, and it was commanded Air enjoyed 14 years in the RCAF, and Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffers co-signed ultimately re-designated as 418 Transport and Rescue Command (now known the cockpit, he was the documents appointing Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffers Squadron on April 1, 1993. The squadron was again as the Royal Canadian posted to the Canadian as commanding officer during a brief ceremony at 19 disbanded on June 22, 1994. Air Force) from June Army Staff College in Wing Comox, British Columbia—418 Squadron’s new 418 Search and Rescue Operational Training 1985 to August 1986. Kingston, Ontario. After home—on July 11, 2019. Squadron will begin operations in 2020. The CC-295 Lieutenant-General his graduation, followed 418 Search and Rescue Operational Training aircraft will be based in Comox; Winnipeg, ; McNaughton joined the by two years on the staff Squadron will fill an essential role for the aircrew Trenton, Ontario; and Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Air Force in 1952 at the of Mobile Command and maintainers of the CC-295, the RCAF’s newest “19 Wing will become the training SAR Centre of age of 18, and received [Army] Headquarters, he fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft. The squadron’s Excellence with the centralization of all Search and his pilot wings the returned to the College exceptional training methods and new simulators Rescue training programs,” noted Lieutenant-Colonel following year. He was to be a member of the will improve search and rescue skills and harness the Jeffers. employed as an instructor directing staff for three capabilities of the CC-295 aircraft, while forming the until 1958 when he was years. heart of the Search and Rescue Centre of Excellence posted to the F-86 Sabre In 1979, he was at 19 Wing. The CC-295 aircraft has not yet received Operational Training posted to Air Command its official “popular” name, which will be announced Unit and subsequently as deputy commander. in the coming months. to Air Division’s No. He served in that “I am very excited to play a part in bringing the 1 (Fighter) Wing at capacity for three years CC-295 to Canada,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffers. Marville, France to serve and then was appointed “We have a very talented, hard-working team who are with 439 Squadron. In as commander for one ensuring that this extremely capable aircraft will be 1963, he was returned year. He was then off to utilized most effectively. to Canada and sent to Colorado Springs to be “The Buffalo and Hercules have done an incredible a flying training school the deputy commander- job providing Canada with search and Rescue coverage at Gimli, Manitoba, as in-chief of NORAD for over the years. The CC-295 is equipped with cutting chief standards officer three years. edge technologies that will enable us to provide an and then as the officer He retired in 1989 even higher level of search and rescue capability for commanding of the new after 38 years of service the citizens of Canada.” Tutor squadron when that and 20 family moves. He The squadron was originally formed as 418 aircraft was introduced and his wife settled on (Intruder) Squadron on November 15, 1941, under in 1965. a 200-acre hobby farm the Royal Air Force’s Fighter Command and 2nd In 1966, having near Perth. Tactical Air Force. The squadron flew on night fighter and intruder operations in Britain, France, Belgium Pet of the Week at the Lakeland Humane Society Comox home for new training centre

NATIONAL DEFENCE step forward in a key project, years and is valued at $2.4 billion supporting our mission of being (plus applicable taxes). It includes A new centre is under strong at home, ready to assist in six years of acquisition, transition construction at 19 Wing Comox, times of natural disaster, to support and set-up, construction of a new British Columbia, where Royal search and rescue, and to respond training centre, and the first five Canadian Air Force aircrew, to domestic emergencies.” years of maintenance services. search and rescue technicians, Given that the Canadian The contract also includes options and maintenance personnel will search and rescue environment is to extend the maintenance and be trained for the newly-acquired one of the most challenging and support services for an additional fixed-wing search and rescue diverse in the world, ensuring that 15 years. Should Canada choose to aircraft – the C-295W. The the RCAF has a modern fleet and exercise these additional options, first C-295W is scheduled to be trained aircrews to answer these the contract value would increase This baby girlDr. is Lauraready- Annefor her Kutryk next adventure! delivered late next year. calls is key to successful rescues. to $4.7 billion (plus applicable Hazel is a 10 month old lab cross with the The new training centre will “This . . . is not only about taxes). biggest smile at the LHS! Stop by between include ten classrooms as well as a building, but also about our The contract for the 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm to meet her today! sophisticated training devices people,” said Lieutenant-General construction of the training centre such as a full-flight simulator, (retd) Mike Hood, commander was awarded to CAE by Airbus a cockpit procedure trainer, a of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Defence and Space. Construction HAZEL sensor station simulator and an “Together we are building the is expected to facilitate training

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Mission Training Centre boasts leading technology

RCAF PUBLIC AFFAIRS capable Air Force.” “I am extremely proud of the members of 51 A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at 22 Wing/ Squadron and humbled by the enthusiastic support North Bay, Ontario, to officially from personnel from 22 Wing Mission Support open the Mission Training Centre (MTC), a digital Squadron,” said Major Brenda Tinsley, 51 AC & W battleground that will train the next generation (OT) Squadron Commanding Officer. of Aerospace Controllers and Aerospace Control “The MTC is the future of training, part of Operators. the international evolution towards high fidelity The MTC provides high fidelity simulations of simulation that trains efficiently and effectively. In the radar, radios, and data links encountered in the order for this project to become a reality, it took the Canadian Air Defense Sector (CADS). Advanced combined efforts of the, the RCAF Aerospace Warfare exercise generation software will deliver scenarios Centre (RAWC) Modelling and Simulation team who tailored for individuals, small groups, or full mission brought us into the synthetic domain; 51 Squadron, crews. Network connectivity will allow operators to who designed the space to be the ultimate command train with other RCAF fleets, jointly with the Royal Cpl Robert Ouellette and control training centre; and the entire Mission Col. Mark Roberts (centre) 22 Wing commander Canadian Navy and , and even with Support Squadron, who took great ideas and brought and Major Brenda Tinsley, 51 Aerospace international partners, building the basic individual them to impressive reality. I’ve been very fortunate to Control and Warning Operational Training and team skills needed to become effective warfighters, be a part of this initiative and this team.” Squadron Commander, cut the ribbon opening all from their home units. In addition to 25 operator workstations, the MTC the Mission Training Centre at 22 Wing North “This is an occasion to be proud of for 22 Wing,” also contains dedicated areas for Mission Planning Bay. said Colonel Mark Roberts, 22 Wing Commander, and debriefing, plus space for a “White Cell” – the during opening ceremonies June 14. “This state- “Although the concept of an MTC is not new, group of individuals overseeing training to ensure of-the-art command and control training center is a what makes the 22 Wing MTC innovative and realism and keep scenarios on script. shining example of what innovative thinking and a uniquely Canadian is the Modelling and Simulation The MTC unveiling comes at an exciting time can-do, team approach can accomplish. This leading Coordination Office branch of the RCAF Aerospace for the RCAF as we celebrate the 95th anniversary; edge technology will facilitate Cyber, Datalink, and Warfare Centre’s virtualisation of the Battle Control pride in our past accomplishments, highlighting our Operational training and better position CADS and System, which enables the realistic environment that current capabilities and achievements, and outlining the RCAF to face current and emerging threats.” will allow us to train the students within 51 Squadron our goals for the future. The MTC allows operators to build critical skills to the same standard as other sectors within NORAD,” The MTC supports the Strong, Secure, Engaged needed to deliver the tactical Command and Control explained Lieutenant-Colonel Marc Bouchard, from Defence Policy by increasing domestic interoperability, (C2) functions of battle management, air surveillance, the RCAF Modelling and Simulation Coordination building capacity with alliance partners, and adopting combat identification, interface control, and weapons Office. new technologies and methods to transform the way control. “This is important for the AEC community, but the people are employed. Applications for the MTC include deployment MTC is also designed to be the Canadian aerospace The MTC could not have been possible without spin-up, tactics development, initial qualification command and control presence in international the support of the RCAF Aerospace Warfare Centre training, and participation in international synthetic synthetic exercises such as Coalition Virtual Flag, (RAWC), 1 Canadian Air Division, and the countless exercises such as Coalition Virtual Flag. which is a huge step in making the RCAF an LVC- hours invested by the dedicated members of 22 Wing.