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2 unusual facts about CFB Greenwood


CFB Greenwood

The Neptunes at Greenwood were transferred to 407 Squadron at RCAF Station Comox starting in May 1958, replacing the last Lancasters.

Greenwood, Nova Scotia

The Royal Canadian Air Force took over the facility in 1944, renaming it RCAF Station Greenwood, a name it maintained until the February 1, 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces which saw the airfield and associated facilities renamed CFB Greenwood.


Canadian military bands

The Canadian Army has a number of voluntary pipe bands commanded by 5th Canadian Division: CFB Greenwood; CFB Gagetown and 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group The Royal Canadian Regiment in Gagetown, New Brunswick.

North American Ice Storm of 1998

CP-140 aircraft from 14 Wing Greenwood, NS conducted aerial imagery of the downed power lines in Quebec and Ontario.


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