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Hugh A. Halliday

Arctic Investigations: Air Force, Part 40

“It is considered that North West Air Command should examine the Northwest Territories in the interests of the safe and efficient conducting of air, land

Lancasters Hit Civvy Street: Air Force, Part 39

Many Second World War aircraft became object lessons in beating swords into ploughshares.  Once the Cold War developed, many such ploughshares were hastily reconverted to

The Roar Of The Meteor: Air Force, Part 37

Although the first flights of German and British jet engine test beds occurred 21 months apart, the two nations introduced jet fighters into service at

Fighting German Jets: Air Force, Part 36

The original concepts of jet engines go back to 1910, but practical development only began about 1928 when a young Royal Air Force officer, Frank

The Forest Watchers: Air Force, Part 35

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s interwar role in “aid to the civil power” is most often associated with aerial photography and mapping. There was, however,

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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.