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5 unusual facts about CFB Cold Lake


366th Fighter Wing

The Gunfighters deployed a composite strike force to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, and proved they could deliver effective composite airpower.

433 Tactical Fighter Squadron

No. 433 Squadron reformed as an All-Weather (Fighter) unit at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, on 15 November 1954, and moved to CFB North Bay, Ontario, in October 1955, the squadron flew CF-100 Canuck aircraft on North American air defence until disbanded on 1 August 1961.

Alex Auld

Auld was born in Cold Lake, Alberta when his father was stationed out of CFB Cold Lake; however, he spent the majority of his adolescence in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Cold Lake

CFB Cold Lake, a Canadian air force base in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada

No. 42 Radar Squadron

The Squadron was originally used to provide radar control to the CF-100s flying around CFB Cold Lake.



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Janusz Żurakowski

On 23 July 1999, CFB Cold Lake (Alberta) Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment named its new facility, the "Żurakowski Building", and in September 2000, he became an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test pilots, joining the ranks of Charles Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong, and Igor Sikorsky, among numerous other luminaries.