Six CH-146 Griffon helicopters will travel from Edmonton to Alaska and their travels could take them over Peace Country skies. Author of the article: Tina Kennedy (Daily Herald Tribune) Published Jan 22, 2026 • 1 minute read If you happen to see a group of CH-146 Griffon helicopters in Peace Country skies from Jan. 26-28, it’s likely a group from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron heading from Edmonton to Alaska. Sub-Lieutenant Meagan Pye told DHT the route is subject to change due to weather conditions, but the tactical air detachment is travelling by air. The…
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Edmonton’s chopper squadron delivers Santa to Stollery Children’s Hospital
Edmonton Journal Liam Newbigging Mon, December 8, 2025 at 3:28 p.m. MST 4 min read Their mission — safely deliver a VIP to the hospital’s rooftop helipad, with his cargo in tow. It was good flying in the chilly skies above Edmonton, as the Royal Canadian Airforce’s 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron raced toward the Stollery Children’s Hospital in a CH-146 Griffon helicopter Monday morning. A group of children watched a live broadcast of the squadron, and saw the operation unfold from inside a hospital playroom. The VIP, a jolly man…
Read MoreGolden Hawks Trophy
On March 13, 2026, 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (Tac Hel Sqn) received the Golden Hawks Trophy from the Royal Canadian Air Force Association, 700 Wing. The award recognizes the squadron’s rapid deployment of a six CH-146 Griffon helicopter detachment to the Dominican Republic in support of Operation GLOBE 24 (April 5–May 25, 2024), where 408 Tac Hel Sqn led the Air Task Force of a 300-personnel Joint Task Force. The Golden Hawks Trophy is awarded annually for outstanding contributions and highly commendable achievements in military aviation. During the operation, the…
Read MoreMapping Canada: The RCAF’s No. 408 (Photographic) Squadron
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Read MoreFirst flight of Royal Canadian Air Force’s CH-146C MK II Griffon
First flight of Royal Canadian Air Force’s CH-146C MK II Griffon
Read More2024 Scholarship
2024 Scholarship The Goose Squadron Association is pleased to announce the two recipients of the 2024 Mother Goose scholarship. Members of the executive committee faced the difficult challenge of ranking the multiple applicants and select only two winners. Criteria included academic excellence, physical fitness, community involvement as well as volunteer and work experiences. The Association wishes to congratulate Max Gomez and Craig Fairfull. Both awardees received a $1,500 scholarship for the upcoming school year.
Read More2024/25 Mother Goose Memorial Scholarship
408 Goose Squadron Association is proud to sponsor the Molly“Mother Goose” Rayner Memorial Scholarship. The funding forthis Scholarship has been provided by the estate of Henrietta May“Molly” Rayner, AKA Mother Goose, for the purposes ofestablishing an academic scholarship fund. Mother Goose was renowned for her care and love of the menand women at 408 Squadron during the harrowing days ofBomber Command in the early 1940’s. In her memory the 408 Squadron Association wants to ensure thatthe children, and grandchildren, of past and present 408 SquadronMembers have the opportunity to receive…
Read More2023 Mother Goose Memorial Scholarship
On December 28 2023, the Association’s chair, Maj Lapierre, presented Mr Craig Fairfull with a cheque and certificate. Recipient of the 2023 Mother Goose Memorial Scholarship, Craig studies at Mount Royal University in the Aviation department and maintains a 3.9 GPA. He is the son of Cpl (Ret’d) Gary Fairfull who served at 408 Sqn in the 1990s and early 2000s as an Electric Instrument Tech and AVS Tech. Children and grandchildren of current or past 408 Sqn members are elgible to apply for the scholarship. Additional eligibility criteria and…
Read MoreHonker Happenings October 2023
Honker Happenings August 2023
