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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | 16 Wing Borden is the "Birthplace of the RCAF." The largest training Wing in the Canadian Forces, 16 Wing's schools offer air force technical training and professional development. Since 1994, Borden's long tradition of excellence in Air Force training has been upheld by 16 Wing. A lodger formation at CFB Borden, 16 Wing is the largest training wing in the Canadian Forces. It is composed of a headquarters and three schools: the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE), the Air Command Academy (ACA), and the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations (CFSACO). In fact, Borden was even more than the birthplace of the RCAF; it was the cradle of military aviation in Canada during the 1920s. Over the years, four generations of Borden airmen have contributed to the conception, the birth, the nurturing and to all the development phases of a national Air Force in Canada. |
| Front Description : | The four eaglets on the 16 Wing heraldic badge represent the four air force organisations that operated at Camp Borden since 1917. |
| Back Description : | Camp Borden was not the only site that was selected by the RFC, although it was certainly the main one. Smaller airfields were built at other places in southern Ontario such as Mohawk and Rathbun near Deseronto; and at Long Branch, Leaside and Armour Heights in the Toronto area. Several "temporary" buildings were constructed at Camp Borden in the spring of 1917 including fifteen aircraft hangars, headquarters, repair shops, stores, hospital, garages, messes and quarters. The training for RFC Canada started in April and continued through the summer as thousands of flying hours were recorded on board the American-built "Jenny", the Curtiss J.N.4, and soon after on its Canadian version, the J.N.4 (Can), dubbed the "Canuck" by the Americans. |
| Diameter | 45.00 mm |
| Material | -I do not know- |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
