19 WING COMOX, B.C.- The crews of an RCAF Cormorant helicopter and Canadian Coast Guard ship worked together early Sunday morning, March 10th, to evacuate an injured beachcomber from rocks near Side Bay, just north of Brooks Peninsula, in Quatsino Sound.

All of us have worked with, or for, people at one time or another throughout our careers who made an impact on our professional development. Perhaps it was a boss, a colleague or even a subordinate who mentored us or inspired us to achieve our personal best.

“Being able to touch down in remote areas of Northern Ontario has made the CH-146 Griffon Tactical Helicopter a perfect fit for Exercise TRILLIUM RESPONSE 2013,” states Captain Geoffrey Baker, Pilot Aircraft Captain.

After traveling two days from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to Cochrane, Ontario, the crew of the classic yellow CC-138 Twin Otter touched down briefly at the Cochrane Airport on February 13, 2013. There they picked up military personnel to transport them 300 kilometres north to Moosonee, Ontario, for Exercise Trillium Response.

More than 50 airmen and airwomen from 8 Wing Trenton will be participating in the Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-02 at Pope AFB, North Carolina, U.S. from February 20 to March 1, 2013.

Members of 2 Service Battalion, based at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario, didn’t have to wait long at the airport in Cochrane, Ontario, for the arrival of the CC-130J Hercules on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

Guy Lafleur, former hockey player for the Montréal Canadiens, was appointed honorary colonel of 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., during an investiture ceremony at the base on February 16.

As you pull yourself from the wreckage of your aircraft, the wind howls menacingly across a frozen landscape that has more in common with the moon than anything found on Earth.

The Government of Canada announced Thursday that it will extend its support of France's mission in Mali for an additional month. At the request of the French Government in early January, the Canadian Armed Forces contributed a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft in support of Operation Serval, the French mission in Mali, and will continue to provide this support until March 15.

Canada’s air task force supporting the French government’s Operation Serval in Mali reached the one-million-pound milestone of transported materiel on the 19th day of operations.