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  • CFS Sydney ‘a special spot’

    CFS Sydney ‘a special spot’

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    Sara White

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    Apparently we all missed the best posting: working, or living near, Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Sydney. Several dozen people gathered June 21 to 23 for a too-long-delayed first reunion, 32 years after the radar site was decommissioned, and 59 years since one attendee last cleaned the base rink’s ice. “We had a ball,” says co-lead…

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  • Summer work training: fun, games, skills

    Summer work training: fun, games, skills

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    June 26, 14 Wing’s Personnel Support Programs (PSP), in partnership with the Lifesaving Society of Nova Scotia (NSLS) hosted the annual Valley recreation departments’ summer staff training day. Approximately 75 summer staff from Windsor to Digby, 53 of which are also certified lifeguards, gathered at Greenwood’s Community Centre and Fitness and Sports Centre indoor pool…

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  • Bombs away! GMAM Boly restoration progresses

    Bombs away! GMAM Boly restoration progresses

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    The Bristol Bolingbroke restoration team at the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum (GMAM) has been beavering away over the last year, building new bomb bay doors, torn away April 28, 1943, when the aircraft made a forced belly-landing in a farmer’s field near Dafoe, Saskatchewan. The museum’s aircraft, registered as tail number 9997, suffered an engine…

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  • Jumping into DDay event, stepping back in time

    Jumping into DDay event, stepping back in time

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    On the morning of June 2, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain “Placid Lassie” left England in a three-ship formation, set to drop the first commemorative parachuting display of D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Normandy. Onboard the 1943 original were 14 Wing Greenwood’s Sergeant Jim Beaulieu, Master Warrant Officer (retired) John Saunders, Greenwood; and Sergeant (retired) Gabriel…

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  • Partnered practice

    Partnered practice

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    Heading into the woods behind the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum’s airpark, 14 Wing Greenwood’s Fire Emergency Services firefighters were first on the scene of a mock emergency in May, followed quickly by 26 Canadian Forces Health Services personnel. Both sections put their skills into practice with response, resources, on-site triage and treatment, extraction and after-action…

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