Structure of the Royal Canadian Air Force

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This is the structure of the Royal Canadian Air Force, as of November 2020.

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Headquarters, Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Canadian Air Force Aerospace Warfare Centre (RAWC)

1 Canadian Air Division

2 Canadian Air Division

3 Canadian Space Division

Officially stood up on 22 July 2022, [83] 3 Canadian Space Division (3 CSD) (3e Division spatiale du Canada or 3e DSC) is the Air Force's main agency responsible for delivering space power effects in support of Canadian Armed Forces operations.

The division's primary operational formation is 7 Wing (7e Escadre), [84] which was originally meant to be the operational base formation at Canadian Forces Base Ottawa before cutbacks in the 1990s saw the base effectively closed. 7 Wing is composed of two operational units:

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