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444 Combat Support Squadron
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444 Combat Support Squadron is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Armed Forces. Based at CFB Goose Bay, it provides helicopter support to the base operations.
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History
444 Fighter Squadron was formed in March 1953 at CFB St. Hubert, Quebec and moved to CFB Baden-Soellingen in West Germany.[1]
Disbanded 1967, it was re-formed as 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at CFB Lahr, West Germany in 1972 as part of Canadian Forces Europe until 1991 and again in CFB Goose Bay in 1993.[2]
Past Aircraft
- de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk April 1948 – 1949
- Auster AOP.6 June 1948 – 1949
- CL-13 Sabre 1953–1962
- CF-104 Starfighter 1962–1972
- CH-112 Nomad 1961–1972
- CH-136 Kiowa 1972–1991
- CH-135 Twin Huey 1993–1996
- Bell CH-146 Griffon 1996-Present
References
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