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442 Transport and Rescue Squadron (French: 442e Escadron de transport et de sauvetage) is a Royal Canadian Air Force tactical transport and search and rescue unit based at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox in British Columbia. The squadron flies six CC-295 Kingfisher aircraft, replacing six CC-115 Buffalo STOL aircraft, which have been retired as of 2020, and five AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant rescue helicopters. One of each is on constant readiness to deploy in response to distress calls in the Victoria Search and Rescue Region, which includes most of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon as well as 560,000 square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean, up to 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) offshore. The squadron also serves as the operational training unit for the CH-149 Cormorant helicopt

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  • 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron (en)
  • 442e escadron de transport et sauvetage (fr)
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  • Le 442e escadron de transport et sauvetage est une unité de recherche et sauvetage de l'Aviation royale canadienne basée à la 19e escadre Comox, en Colombie-Britannique. L'unité, qui opère six avions CC-115 Buffalo jusqu'à leur retrait le 15 janvier 2022 et sept hélicoptères CH-149 Cormorants, couvre une zone de recherche et sauvetage qui s'étend des montagnes Rocheuses jusqu'à la côte ouest et quelque 560 000 km2 dans l'océan Pacifique en plus du territoire du Yukon. En plus de ses responsabilités de sauvetage et de transport, l'unité soutient l'École de recherche et sauvetage des Forces canadiennes. (fr)
  • 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron (French: 442e Escadron de transport et de sauvetage) is a Royal Canadian Air Force tactical transport and search and rescue unit based at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox in British Columbia. The squadron flies six CC-295 Kingfisher aircraft, replacing six CC-115 Buffalo STOL aircraft, which have been retired as of 2020, and five AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant rescue helicopters. One of each is on constant readiness to deploy in response to distress calls in the Victoria Search and Rescue Region, which includes most of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon as well as 560,000 square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean, up to 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) offshore. The squadron also serves as the operational training unit for the CH-149 Cormorant helicopt (en)
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  • 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron (en)
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  • CC-295 Kingfisher and AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant (en)
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  • Normandy, 1944 (en)
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  • Lieutenant-Colonel Rhonda Stevens (en)
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  • Un Dieu, une reine, un cœur (en)
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  • 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron (French: 442e Escadron de transport et de sauvetage) is a Royal Canadian Air Force tactical transport and search and rescue unit based at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox in British Columbia. The squadron flies six CC-295 Kingfisher aircraft, replacing six CC-115 Buffalo STOL aircraft, which have been retired as of 2020, and five AgustaWestland CH-149 Cormorant rescue helicopters. One of each is on constant readiness to deploy in response to distress calls in the Victoria Search and Rescue Region, which includes most of British Columbia and the territory of Yukon as well as 560,000 square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean, up to 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) offshore. The squadron also serves as the operational training unit for the CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and CC-295 Kingfisher aircraft. (en)
  • Le 442e escadron de transport et sauvetage est une unité de recherche et sauvetage de l'Aviation royale canadienne basée à la 19e escadre Comox, en Colombie-Britannique. L'unité, qui opère six avions CC-115 Buffalo jusqu'à leur retrait le 15 janvier 2022 et sept hélicoptères CH-149 Cormorants, couvre une zone de recherche et sauvetage qui s'étend des montagnes Rocheuses jusqu'à la côte ouest et quelque 560 000 km2 dans l'océan Pacifique en plus du territoire du Yukon. En plus de ses responsabilités de sauvetage et de transport, l'unité soutient l'École de recherche et sauvetage des Forces canadiennes. (fr)
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