Justin Trudeau hints at boosting Canada’s military spending

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Original report identifies it as 188735; OSINT reports that aircraft as belonging to 409 Sqn in Cold Lake as of 2016.

CASPIR McDonnell Douglas Hornet (CF-188)

CASPIR - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

caspir.warplane.com

I would not put too much stock in a 7 year old OSINT report on which airframe belongs to what Sqn. Tail numbers get moved, all of the time, for various factors.

 

[Quirky]

I can’t imagine why the CAF keeps having its funding cut when it’s such a wonderful source of great PR and displays high levels of professionalism to the world. …

Just following in this governments footsteps. CAF isn’t anywhere near the level of ridiculousness that is the LPC.

 

[PuckChaser]

 

[dapaterson]

I would not put too much stock in a 7 year old OSINT report on which airframe belongs to what Sqn. Tail numbers get moved, all of the time, for various factors.

50/50 chance in getting the base right, at least...

 

[PuckChaser]

It wasn't LEDICKSOIXANTENEUF so couldn't be Bagotville.

 

[dimsum]

I feel like there about to be a reckoning in the fighter pilot world with the latest PR disaster

Aww…I was expecting to see a USN-style sky penis a la 2016 Whidbey Island.

 

[CBH99]

Ah.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706311635659284622

Canadian air force investigating 'inappropriate and unapproved' call sign broadcast on U.K. flight

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is investigating an ‘inappropriate and unapproved’ call sign that was transmitted electronically from one of its aircraft on Monday.

www.cp24.com

To be fair...how would one pronounce 'BLDE11' when talking to air traffic control?

(Blade11?)

 

[Ostrozac]

Is that the CMP actual court martial, the CFLTC command team both relieved of their positions, the Snowbirds pilot being charged...

There’s also the Wing Commander with a relaxed approach to firearms and hunting regulations — that one’s being tried in the civilian courts.

 

[dapaterson]

To be fair...how would one pronounce 'BLDE11' when talking to air traffic control?

(Blade11?)

One does not; those are automated systems, transmitting a unique identifier.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

To be fair...how would one pronounce 'BLDE11' when talking to air traffic control?

(Blade11?)

Yup. Sounds like a tactical C/S, talking to ATC they’d probably be using a “normal” one until they chopped operational.

There was plane spotter group in Lossiemouth that used to monitor the frequencies and post our ATC and Op callsigns, as well as when we took off and in what direction and what direction we RTBd from…

 

[dimsum]

Yup. Sounds like a tactical C/S, talking to ATC they’d probably be using a “normal” one until they chopped operational.

There was plane spotter group in Lossiemouth that used to monitor the frequencies and post our ATC and Op callsigns, as well as when we took off and in what direction and what direction we RTBd from…

AKA people with far too much time on their hands.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

AKA people with far too much time on their hands.

Ya. Just glad they didn’t take pics of people and post faces etc. We’d pass them on the way to Delta hard after the brief at the MAOC and they’d wave…

 

[dapaterson]

AKA people with far too much time on their hands.

That's not a nice way to talk about ATC.

 

[Furniture]

That's not a nice way to talk about ATC.

Nicer than I'd describe them...

 

[dapaterson]

Nicer than I'd describe them...

Petawawa has more air movements daily than most hard Airforce bases...

 

[CBH99]

Yup. Sounds like a tactical C/S, talking to ATC they’d probably be using a “normal” one until they chopped operational.

There was plane spotter group in Lossiemouth that used to monitor the frequencies and post our ATC and Op callsigns, as well as when we took off and in what direction and what direction we RTBd from…

That's a fairly popular place for military aviation enthusiasts to set up shop, isn't it?

(I'm thinking of the Mach Loop, and all the spotter groups that set up on either side of the valley...but maybe I'm thinking of the wrong place?)


Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?

 

[dimsum]

Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?

Why not both?

 

[FJAG]

Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?

My son is an aviation enthusiast which got him his job as a flight planner/manager. He belongs to groups that do plane spotting. When he was in Calgary, his group was dealing with the RCMP and helped out with reporting suspicious activities around Calgary's airport. The RCMP has a national reach through their volunteer airport/coastal watch program.

 

[RangerRay]

That's a fairly popular place for military aviation enthusiasts to set up shop, isn't it?

(I'm thinking of the Mach Loop, and all the spotter groups that set up on either side of the valley...but maybe I'm thinking of the wrong place?)


Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?

I met a trainspotter once. I politely backed away slowly once I found out what he was doing.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

That's a fairly popular place for military aviation enthusiasts to set up shop, isn't it?

(I'm thinking of the Mach Loop, and all the spotter groups that set up on either side of the valley...but maybe I'm thinking of the wrong place?)


Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?

Lossie was predominantly a Typhoon base during those years; the group was mostly interested in fighters but would also see us, USN, and French MPAs show up for exercises and ops on a fairly regular basis. When there was no exercise in the news, it was likely a wee bit obvious what those aircraft were on the ramp for.