CFB Gagetown personnel deploy to Haiti

CFB GAGETOWN — Operation HESTIA is the CF response to a catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti January 12.

Fredericton conducts RAS with Saudi Arabian supply ship

An important event for the Navy took place January 10, when HMCS Fredericton conducted a replenishment- at-sea (RAS) with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia supply ship Yunbou. This refuelling marked what is estimated to be the first time a Canadian frigate has conducted such a manoeuvre with a Saudi ship.

Op HESTIA: Not your run-of-the-mill deployment

It is often said that the people of Canada and Haiti have a special relationship. In fact, there are many people of Haitian origin in Canada, especially in Quebec.

Op HESTIA – in their own words

“We are working around the clock to help the embassy process requests for help coming in from survivors on their cell phones, or from relatives in Canada looking for their loved ones.

Afghanistan Now

Flying above Afghanistan

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD — The environment of Afghanistan, with its talcum powder dust everywhere, is not very forgiving. Flying there is described, at times, like flying inside a brown ping pong ball, where you lose all your points of reference and don’t know where you are. This happened last summer, when the Air Force lost a CH-146 Griffon during take off, and it makes the environment one of the biggest challenges facing Joint Task Force – Afghanistan Air Wing.