List of aircraft of Canada's air forces

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RCAF Golden Hawks Canadair Sabres Goldenhawks1959.jpg
RCAF Golden Hawks Canadair Sabres

This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces.
Aircraft are listed for the following organizations:

Contents

This list only includes aircraft owned by the Canadian government, and excludes aircraft flown by Canadian pilots serving with the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Flying Corps Canada or Royal Air Force, including the Article XV squadrons.

From 1917 to November 1918 the British government funded and operated the Royal Flying Corps Canada (later Royal Air Force Canada) which trained aviators on the approximately 1,210 Curtiss Canucks built in Canada, 120 Curtiss JN-4s built in the US, as well as two Avro 504s and one Airco DH.6 built in Canada.

In 1918 the Canadian government formed the Canadian Air Force in Europe which consisted of two wings integrated into the normal Royal Air Force command structure, equipped with Sopwith Dolphins, Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5as and Airco DH.9As supplied and owned by the RAF. It was disbanded in 1920. When the war ended some of these same types were offered to Canada as a part of the Imperial Gift, along with a batch of Fokker D.VIIs captured from Germany, which aside from some illicit flights were relegated primarily to storage and use as instructional airframes.

Independently of the RCAF, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) also operated aircraft; upon unification, CAF/CF assumed operational responsibility for all remaining RCN Canadair CT-133 Silver Star, Grumman CS2F Tracker, Sikorsky HO4S-3, and Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea King aircraft.

Designations

During the First World War no official standards existed for the naming of aircraft and so all designations at this time were assigned by the original manufacturer and both numbers and names were used. From 1918, aircraft were given names based on a set of rules, and individual variants designated numerically as mark I, mark II, etc. as per RAF practice, including aircraft purchased from American sources. For more information on specifics of the system, see British military aircraft designation systems. Aircraft purchased from local sources often retained their original commercial names such as with the Barkley-Grow T8P-1 or the Waco AQC-6, particularly if purchased in small numbers, impressed or not purchased from the original manufacturer. CF-100 and CF-105 were Avro Canada company designations that preceded similar RCAF designations that became the basis for the Canadian Forces designations instituted in February 1968. Unlike the US designation system, there is only a single sequence rather than separate sequences for each role, and numbering started at 100, prefixed with C (for Canada) and a role letter or letters. According to R. W. Walker. 102 and 103 were not used in the CF system to avoid confusion with Avro's use of those numbers for the cancelled Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner and the Avro Canada CF-103 interceptor project. [1]

Aircraft listing

Type1968 CF
designator		OriginPrimary
role(s)		IntroducedStatusNo.Notes
Advanced Ceramics Research Silver Fox CU-167UK UAV 2004?4+ [1] [2]
AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven n/aUSUAVn/an/an/a
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma n/aUSUAV2018n/an/a
AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant CH-149UK/Italy SAR helicopter200014 in service (+2 on order)17 [3]
Airbus CC-150 Polaris CC-150Francetransport/tanker19925 In service5 [4] [note 1]
Airbus CC-295 Kingfisher CC-295SpainSAR20191 In service16
Airco DH.4 n/aUKbomber1920Retired 192812 [5]
Airco DH.9A n/aUKbomber1920Retired 192912 [5]
Airspeed Horsa n/aUKtransport glider 1948Retired 19503 [6]
Airspeed Oxford n/aUKtrainer1939Retired 1947819 [6]
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas n/aUKreconnaissance1927Retired 194216 [6]
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin n/aUK fighter 1926Retired 194012 [6]
Auster AOP.6 & T.7 n/aUKreconnaissance1948Retired 195842 [7]
Avro 504 n/aUKtrainer1920Retired 193497 [7] [note 2]
Avro 552 Viper n/aCanadaforestry patrol1924Retired 192814 [7]
Avro Avian Mk.IVM n/aUKtransport/trainer1929Retired 193629 [7]
Avro 621 Tutor n/aUKtrainer1931Retired 19457 [7]
Avro 626 Prefect n/aUKtrainer1937Retired 194512 [7]
Avro Anson n/aUK/Canadabomber/trainer1940Retired 19474,413 [8]
Avro Lancaster n/aUKbomber1944Retired 1965229 [9]
Avro Lincoln n/aUK/Canadabomber1946Retired 19473 [9]
Avro Wright n/aCanadaforestry patrol1925Retired 19301 [7]
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow CF-105Canadafighter1958Retired 19595 [9]
Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck CF-100Canadafighter1951Retired 1984692 [4] [9]
BAE Systems Hawk CT-155UKtrainer2000Retired 202422 [10]
BAE Systems Silver Fox n/aUKUAV20044+ in service4+
Barkley-Grow T8P-1 n/aUStransport1939Retired 19411 [9] [note 3]
Beechcraft Expeditor CT-128UStransport/trainer1941Retired 1972394 [11] [12]
Beechcraft Harvard II CT-156UStrainer200024 in service26 [13]
Beechcraft King Air CT-145UStransport/trainer19927 in service8 [12]
Beechcraft Mentor n/aUStrainer1954Retired 195625 [14]
Beechcraft Musketeer CT-134UStrainer1971Retired 199246 [12]
Bell 47D & G n/aUStransport helicopter1948Retired 19659 [14]
Bell Griffon CH-146Canadatransport helicopter199485 in service100 [15]
Bell Iroquois CH-118US/Canadatransport helicopter1968Retired 199710 [15]
Bell Jet Ranger CH-139UStransport helicopter1981Retired 199314 [15]
Bell Kiowa CH-136UStransport helicopter1971Retired 199774 [15]
Bell Twin Huey CH-135UStransport helicopter1971Retired 199950 [15]
Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker n/aUStransport1929Retired 194413 [14]
Blackburn Shark Mk.II & III n/aUKbomber1936Retired 194426 [14]
Boeing 247D n/aUStransport1940Retired 19428 [14] [note 3]
Boeing CC-137 CC-137UStransport/tanker1970Retired 19975 [15] [note 4]
Boeing Fortress Mk.II n/aUSpatrol/transport1943Retired 19466 [14]
Boeing Globemaster III CC-177UStransport20075 in service5 [16]
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle CU-169USUAV2008in service ? [1]
Boeing Stratojet n/aUSengine testbed1956Retired 19591 [14] [note 5]
Boeing CH-47C Chinook CH-147UStransport helicopter1974Retired 19918 [17]
Boeing CH-47D Chinook CH-147DUStransport helicopter2008Retired 20116+1 Leased [17] [18]
Boeing CH-47F Chinook CH-147FUStransport helicopter201315 in service15 [18] [19]
Brewster Bermuda n/aUSbomber1943Retired 19463 [14]
Bristol Beaufort n/aUKbomber1941Retired 194415 [20]
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV n/aUKbomber/trainer1941Retired 19451 [14]
Bristol F.2B Fighter n/aUKfighter1920Retired 19222 [14]
Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke n/aCanadabomber/trainer1939Retired 1947626 [21] [note 6]
Bristol Freighter n/aUKtransport1952Retired 19676 [20]
Burgess-Dunne n/aUSreconnaissance1914Retired 19141 [20] [note 7]
Canadair Argus CP-107Canadapatrol1957Retired 198833 [20] [22]
Canadair C-5 North Star n/aCanadatransport1950Retired 19671 [20]
Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter CF-116Canadafighter/ground attack1968Retired 1995133 [22] [note 8]
Canadair Challenger CC-144Canadatransport/trainer/patrol19834 in service18 [22] [23]
Canadair Cosmopolitan CC-109Canadatransport1960Retired 199413 [20] [note 9] [22]
Canadair CL-84 Dynavert CX-131Canadaexperimental VTOL1969Retired 19753 [22]
Canadair North Star n/aCanadatransport1947Retired 196624 [20] [note 10]
Canadair Sabre n/aCanadafighter1950Retired 19771,184 [20] [note 11] [22]
Canadair Silver Star CT-133Canadatrainer/EW1953Retired 2005656 [20] [note 12] [24]
Canadair Starfighter CF-104Canadafighter1961Retired 1988200 [20] [note 13] [25]
Canadair Tutor CT-114Canadatrainer196311 in service190 [20] [25] [note 14]
Canadair Yukon CC-106Canadatransport1959Retired 197112 [20] [25]
Canadian Vickers Vancouver n/aCanadapatrol1929Retired 19406 [26]
Canadian Vickers Vanessa n/aCanadatransport1927Retired 19271 [26] [note 15]
Canadian Vickers Varuna n/aCanadapatrol1926Retired 19308 [26]
Canadian Vickers Vedette n/aCanadaforestry patrol1925Retired 194144 [26] [note 16]
Canadian Vickers Velos n/aCanadapatrol1927Retired 19281 [26] [note 15]
Canadian Vickers Vigil n/aCanadatrainer/transport1928Retired 19301 [26]
Canadian Vickers Vista n/aCanadapatrol1927Retired 19311 [26]
Cessna L-182 CO-119UStransport1961Retired 197310 [26] [27]
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog CO-119UStransport1954Retired 198325 [26] [27]
Cessna Crane n/aUStrainer1941Retired 1949826 [26]
Consolidated Catalina/Canso n/aUS/Canadapatrol1941Retired 1962254 [26]
Consolidated Courier n/aUStransport1928Retired 19413 [26]
Consolidated Liberator n/aUSpatrol1943Retired 1948148 [26]
Consolidated Privateer n/aUSpatrol1946Retired 19491 [26]
Curtiss Canuck n/aCanadatrainer1920Retired 192310 [5]
Curtiss H-16 n/aUSpatrol1922Retired 19242 [5]
Curtiss HS-2L n/aUSpatrol1920Retired 192830 [5]
Curtiss Kittyhawk n/aUSfighter1941Retired 1946134 [5]
Curtiss Seamew n/aUStransport1943Retired 194482 [5]
Curtiss Tomahawk n/aUSfighter1943Retired 19464 [5]
Curtiss Warhawk n/aUSfighter1942Retired 19439 [5]
Curtiss-Reid Rambler n/aCanadatrainer/transport1929Retired 19549 [5] [note 17]
Dassault Falcon CC-117Francetransport1967Retired 19898 [5] [27]
de Havilland Comet n/aUKtransport1953Retired 19652 [28] [note 18]
de Havilland Dragonfly n/aUKtransport1940Retired 19456 [28]
de Havilland Fox Moth n/aCanadatransport1941Retired 19451 [28]
de Havilland Genet Moth n/aUKtrainer1928Retired 19322 [5]
de Havilland Hawk Moth n/aUKtransport1929Retired 19353 [5]
de Havilland Menasco Moth n/aCanadatrainer1941Retired 1947136 [5]
de Havilland Mosquito n/aUKbomber/fighter-bomber1943Retired 1951444 [28]
De Havilland Moth n/aUKtrainer1928Retired 194889 [5]
de Havilland Puss Moth n/aUKtransport1931Retired 194419 [5]
de Havilland Sea Hornet n/aUKfighter1948Retired 19481 [28] [note 15]
de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth n/aCanadatrainer1938Retired 19481,410 [5]
de Havilland Vampire n/aUKfighter1946Retired 195886 [28]
de Havilland Canada Buffalo CC-115Canadatransport1967Retired 202215 [28] [29]
de Havilland Canada Caribou CC-108Canadatransport1960Retired 19719 [27] [28]
de Havilland Canada Chipmunk CT-120Canadatrainer1948Retired 1972100 [28] [30]
de Havilland Canada Dash 7 CC-132Canadatransport1979Retired 19872 [30]
De Havilland Canada Dash-8 CT-142Canadatransport/trainer19894 in service6 [30]
de Havilland Canada Otter CSR-123Canadatransport1953Retired 198469 [28] [30]
de Havilland Canada Twin Otter CC-138Canadatransport19714 in service9 [30]
Douglas Boston n/aUSbomber1941Retired 19453 [31]
Douglas Dakota CC-129UStransport1943Retired 1988169 [31] [32]
Douglas Digby n/aUSbomber1939Retired 194620 [31]
Douglas MO-2B n/aUStransport/patrol1927Retired 19301 [28]
EADS Eagle 1 CU-160NetherlandsUAV2003Retired 20031 [1]
Elbit Skylark CU-168IsraelUAV20065 in service5 [1]
Fairchild 51 & 51A n/aUS/Canadatransport1930Retired 19469 [31] [note 19]
Fairchild 71, 71B & 71C n/aUS/Canadatransport1929Retired 194223 [31]
Fairchild Argus n/aUStransport1940Retired 19452 [31]
Fairchild Cornell n/aUStrainer1942Retired 19481,555 [33]
Fairchild FC-2, 2L & 2W n/aUS/Canadatransport1927Retired 193827 [31]
Fairchild KR-34 n/aUStransport1930Retired 19361 [31]
Fairchild Super 71 n/aCanadatransport1936Retired 19402 [31]
Fairchild Flying Boxcar n/aUStransport1952Retired 196735 [33]
Fairey III.C & III.F n/aUKbomber1920Retired 19302 [33]
Fairey Albacore n/aUKbomber1943Retired 19496 [33]
Fairey Battle n/aUKbomber/trainer1939Retired 1946740 [33]
Fairey Swordfish Mk.II & III n/aUKbomber1943Retired 1947105 [33]
Felixstowe F.3 n/aUKpatrol1921Retired 192311 [33]
Fleet Fawn n/aCanadatrainer1931Retired 194751 [33]
Fleet Finch n/aCanadatrainer1939Retired 1947431 [34]
Fleet Fort n/aCanadatrainer1941Retired 1945101 [34]
Fleet Freighter n/aCanadatransport1942Retired 19442 [34]
Fokker Super Universal n/aUStransport1929Retired 19291 [34]
Ford 6-AT Trimotor n/aUStransport1929Retired 19371 [34]
General Aircraft Hotspur Mk.II n/aUKtrainer glider1942Retired 194522 [34]
General Atomics Altair CU-163USUAV2004Retired 20041? [1]
Gloster Meteor n/aUKfighter1945Retired 19554 [34] [note 15]
Grob G-120A CT-102GermanyTrainer201313 in service14 [35] [note 20]
Grumman Albatross CSR-110USSAR1960Retired 197110 [34] [32]
Grumman Goblin n/aUS/Canadafighter1940Retired 194215 [34] [note 21]
Grumman Goose n/aUStransport1938Retired 195631 [34]
Grumman CS2F Tracker CP-121US/Canadapatrol1968Retired 199473 [34] [36] [note 22]
Handley Page Hampden n/aUKbomber1941Retired 194496 [34]
Handley Page Harrow n/aUKbomber/transport1940Retired 19412 [34]
Handley Page Halifax n/aUKbomber1944Retired 19475 [38]
Hawker Audax n/aUKreconnaissance1933Retired 19436 [38]
Hawker Hart n/aUKbomber1937Retired 19433 [38]
Hawker Hind n/aUKinstructional airframe1942Retired 19434 [38]
Hawker Hurricane n/aUKfighter1939Retired 1948502 [38] [note 23]
Hawker Sea Hurricane n/aUKfighter1942Retired 19431 [38]
Hawker Tempest Mk.VI n/aUKfighter1946Retired 19471 [38]
Hawker Tomtit n/aUKtrainer1930Retired 19432 [38]
Hiller Nomad CH-112UStransport helicopter1961Retired 197327 [38] [39]
IAI Heron CU-170IsraelUAV20082 in service3 [1]
Keystone Puffer n/aUScrop duster/transport1927Retired 19342 [38]
Lockheed Arcturus CP-140AUStrainer/patrol1992Retired 20113 [39]
Lockheed Aurora CP-140USpatrol198014 in service18 [39]
Lockheed Electra n/aUStransport1939Retired 194615 [38]
Lockheed Electra Junior n/aUStransport1940Retired 194510 [38]
Lockheed Hercules CC-130UStransport196012 in service44 [39] [40] [41]
Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules CC-130JUStransport201017 in service17[ citation needed ]
Lockheed Hudson n/aUSbomber1939Retired 1948247 [38]
Lockheed Lodestar n/aUStransport1943Retired 194818 [40]
Lockheed Model 212 n/aUStransport1940Retired 19461 [38]
Lockheed Neptune CP-122USpatrol1955Retired 197025 [40] [42]
Lockheed Shooting Star n/aUStrainer1951Retired 195531 [20] [note 24]
Lockheed Starfighter CF-104USfighter1962Retired 198639 [20] [43]
Lockheed Starlifter CC-141UStransportn/an/a0Cancelled [1]
Lockheed Ventura n/aUSpatrol/trainer1942Retired 1947286 [40]
Martin Baltimore n/aUSbomber1942Retired 19421 [40]
Martinsyde F6 n/aUKfighter1922Retired 19251 [40]
MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 CH-143Germanytransport helicopter1989Retired 19901 [44] [note 25]
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet CF-188USfighter198280 in service138 [42]
McDonnell Voodoo CF-101USfighter1963Retired 1987132 [40] [42]
Mil Mi-8 CH-8Russiatransport helicopter2008Retired 20116 [45]
Mil Mi-17-V5 CH-178Russiatransport helicopter2008Retired 20114 [46]
Meggitt Vindicator II CU-162CanadaUAV (Target)?2000s?1 [1]
Noorduyn Norseman n/aCanadatransport1940Retired 1957100 [40]
North American AT-6D Texan n/aUStrainer1951Retired 1954100 [47]
North American Harvard n/aUS/Canadatrainer1939Retired 19682,156 [42] [48]
North American Mitchell n/aUSbomber1942Retired 1963164 [47]
North American Mustang Mk.IV n/aUSfighter1947Retired 1961130 [47]
North American NA-26 n/aUStrainer1940Retired 19421 [40]
North American NA-44 n/aUSfighter/trainer1940Retired 19441 [40] [note 26]
North American Sabre n/aUSfighter1951Retired 19531 [20] [note 27]
North American Yale n/aUStrainer1940Retired 1946119 [47]
Northrop Delta n/aCanadatransport/patrol1936Retired 194520 [47] [note 28]
Northrop Nomad n/aUSbomber1940Retired 194532 [47]
Percival Prentice n/aUKtrainer1948Retired 19481 [47]
Piasecki H-21A CH-125UStransport/SAR helicopter1954Retired 197318 [49] [50]
Piasecki Model 44A CH-127UStransport/SAR helicopter1960Retired 19725 [49] [50]
Pitcairn Mailwing n/aUStransport1928Retired 19321 [47]
Prioria Robotics Maveric n/aUSUAVn/aRetired 20??5
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a n/aUKfighter1920Retired 192912 [47]
SAGEM Sperwer CU-161FranceUAV2003Retired 200931 [1]
Schweizer 2-12 n/aUStrainer glider1946Retired 19492 [47]
Sikorsky Cyclone CH-148USASW helicopter201517 in service28 [1]
Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly n/aUStransport/SAR helicopter1947Retired 19657 [49]
Sikorsky H-19 n/aUStransport helicopter1954Retired 198515+5 [49] [50] [note 29]
Sikorsky H-34A CH-126UStransport helicopter1955Retired 19736 [49] [50]
Sikorsky Sea King CH-124US ASW helicopter1968Retired 201840 [49] [50] [note 30]
Slingsby Firefly CT-111UKtrainer1992Retired 200612 [50] [note 31]
Sopwith Camel n/aUKfighter1924Retired 192910 [49]
Sopwith Snipe n/aUKfighter1919Retired 19233 [49]
Stearman 75 Kaydet n/aUStrainer1942Retired 1943301 [49]
Stinson 105 Voyager n/aUStransport1940Retired 194625 [49]
Supermarine Spitfire n/aUKfighter1940Retired 19508 [49]
Supermarine Stranraer n/aUKpatrol seaplane1938Retired 194640 [49] [note 32]
Supermarine Walrus n/aUKreconnaissance/transport1943Retired 19478 [49]
UMS CU-176 Gargoyle CU-176Canadasurveillance2020n/an/a
Vertol Labrador & Voyageur CH-113USSAR helicopter1963Retired 200418 [15] [49]
Vickers Viking Mk.IV n/aUKpatrol amphibian1923Retired 19318 [52]
Waco AQC-6 n/aUStransport1942Retired 19421 [52] [note 3]
Waco CG-15A n/aUStransport glider1946Retired 19501 [52]
Waco Hadrian Mk.II n/aUStransport glider1944Retired 194932 [52]
Waco PG-2A n/aUStransport1946Retired 19471 [52] [note 33]
Westland Lysander n/aUK/Canadareconnaissance/trainer1939Retired 1946329 [52] [note 32]
Westland Wapiti n/aUKreconnaissance1930Retired 194425 [52]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Airbus A310-304/304F
  2. ↑ 2 examples built in Canada during World War I
  3. 1 2 3 Impressed
  4. ↑ Boeing 707-347C
  5. ↑ loaned from USAF for Arrow engine development
  6. ↑ Canadian variant of Bristol Blenheim
  7. ↑ Canada's first military aircraft
  8. ↑ Northrop F-5 built under licence
  9. ↑ modified Convair CV-240.
  10. ↑ Douglas C-54 re-engined with Merlins
  11. ↑ improved F-86
  12. ↑ improved T-33 trainer, retired from flying 2002.
  13. ↑ modified F-104G
  14. ↑ in active service with 431 squadron as of 2014
  15. 1 2 3 4 trials/evaluation only
  16. ↑ first aircraft designed for Canadian conditions
  17. ↑ last example used as an instructional airframe until 1954
  18. ↑ RCAF was first military to operate jet transports
  19. ↑ some converted from FC-2
  20. ↑ CT-102 designation has been used by DND but has not been announced as being official
  21. ↑ Canadian-built Grumman G-23.
  22. ↑ All operational Trackers built under licence by de Havilland Canada for RCN; 1 US-built S2F-1 obtained as pattern aircraft and subsequently used as stationary instructional airframe until 1972 [37]
  23. ↑ 451 built in Canada
  24. ↑ Built in Canada as the Canadair Silver Star.
  25. ↑ Used for testing the Helicopter Integrated Navigation System (HINS) intended for the cancelled New Shipborne Aircraft program (NSA) that was initially intended to replace the Sea King.
  26. ↑ two seat attack variant of Harvard with larger engine.
  27. ↑ Pattern aircraft for Canadair Sabre production.
  28. ↑ first all metal aircraft built in Canada.
  29. ↑ Includes 15 R-1340 powered H-19 aircraft built for RCAF and 5 operational R-1300 powered HO4S-3 aircraft built for RCN; 8 other RCN HO4S-2/3 aircraft lost in accidents or placed in storage prior to unification [51]
  30. ↑ ex-Royal Canadian Navy CHSS-2.
  31. ↑ Leased aircraft, designation may not be official.
  32. 1 2 built in Canada under licence.
  33. ↑ powered Waco Hadrian glider.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Walker, R.W. Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers CAF February 1968 to present retrieved: 21 January 2014
  2. ↑ Canadian Forces Purchases Mini UAV System accessdate:June 2014
  3. ↑ Walker, R.W. CH-149 Cormorant detailed list accessdate: 21 January 2014
  4. 1 2 Griffin, 2005, p.12
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Griffin, 1969, p.9
  6. 1 2 3 4 Griffin, 1969, p.3
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Griffin, 1969, p.4
  8. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.4-5
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Griffin, 1969, p.5
  10. ↑ Walker, R.W. CT-155 Hawk detailed list retrieved: 21 January 2014
  11. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.5-6
  12. 1 2 3 Griffin, 2005, p.13
  13. ↑ Walker, R.W. CT-156 Harvard II detailed list accessdate: 21 January 2014
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Griffin, 1969, p.6
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Griffin, 2005, p.14
  16. ↑ Walker, R.W. Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers, Canadian Armed Forces CC-177 Globemaster detailed list Retrieved: 21 January 2014
  17. 1 2 "Canadian CH-147 CH-47C Model". www.helis.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  18. 1 2 "Canadian CH-147D CH-47D Model". www.helis.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  19. ↑ "Canadian CH-147F CH-47F Model". www.helis.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Griffin, 1969, p.7
  21. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.6-7
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Griffin, 2005, p.15
  23. ↑ Walker, R.W. Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers, Canadian Armed Forces CC-144 Challenger detailed list 2006. Retrieved: 21 January 2014
  24. ↑ Griffin, 2005, p.16
  25. 1 2 3 Griffin, 2005, p.17
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Griffin, 1969, p.8
  27. 1 2 3 4 Griffin, 2005, p.18
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Griffin, 1969, p.10
  29. ↑ Walker, R.W. CAF Buffalos detailed list accessdate: 21 January 2014
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 Griffin, 2005, p.19
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Griffin, 1969, p.11
  32. 1 2 Griffin, 2005, p.20
  33. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Griffin, 1969, p.12
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Griffin, 1969, p.13
  35. ↑ LAROUCHE Pierre-Olivier, LANDRY Samuel, Tactical Fighter Squadron 3 Wing OJTs, Summer 2019
  36. ↑ Griffin, 2005, pp.20-21
  37. ↑ "Grumman CS2F/CP 121 Tracker". Shearwater Aviation Museum. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  38. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Griffin, 1969, p.14
  39. 1 2 3 4 Griffin, 2005, p.21
  40. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Griffin, 1969, p.15
  41. ↑ Walker, R.W. CC-130 Hercules detailed list accessdate: 21 January 2014
  42. 1 2 3 4 Griffin, 2005, p.22
  43. ↑ Griffin, 2005, p.16-17
  44. ↑ Walker, R.W. CH-143 detailed list accessdate: 21 January 2014
  45. ↑ "RCAF Doesn't Like To Admit it flew Russian Mil-17-V5s". The Canadian Armed Forces Dispatch. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  46. ↑ "RCAF Doesn't Like To Admit it flew Russian Mil-17-V5s". The Canadian Armed Forces Dispatch. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
  47. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Griffin, 1969, p.16
  48. ↑ Griffin, 1969, p.15-16
  49. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Griffin, 1969, p.17
  50. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Griffin, 2005, p.23
  51. ↑ Murray, Robert. "Canada Aviation Museum Aircraft – Sikorsky HO4S-3 (S-55) Horse – Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)" (PDF). Canada Aviation Museum. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  52. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Griffin, 1969, p.18

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