• because of Canada's controversial cancellation of the Avro Arrow, 428 All Weather Fighter Squadron of the RCAF was disbanded on June 1, 1961?

Facts on topics related to RCAF

Canadian Forces Air Command

• the New Fighter Aircraft program selected the CF-18 Hornet (pictured) for the Canadian Forces Air Command when attempts to purchase Iran's fleet of F-14 Tomcats failed?

Canadian Armed Forces

• the Canadian Armed Forces mobilized more than 2,200 soldiers within days to help fight over 800 separate forest fires during Operation PEREGRINE in the summer of 2003?