{"id":2975,"date":"2017-07-30T15:31:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T21:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/?p=2975"},"modified":"2017-07-30T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T21:31:06","slug":"408-tactical-helicopter-squadron-deploys-in-support-of-operation-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/?p=2975","title":{"rendered":"408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron deploys in support of Operation Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wb-main-row\" class=\"ls-row\">\n<div id=\"ls-gen41627913-ls-fxr\" class=\"ls-fxr\">\n<div id=\"wb-right-col\" class=\"ls-col col-md-3 pull-right\">\n<div id=\"ls-gen41627914-ls-col-body\" class=\"ls-col-body\">\n<div id=\"w1377850047929\" class=\"ls-cmp-wrap ls-1st\">\n<div>\n<section id=\"wb-auto-1\" class=\"wb-lbx lbx-hide-gal wb-init wb-lbx-inited\">\n<ul class=\"list-inline\">\n<li><a title=\"Members of 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron board an aircraft to deploy to Erbil, Iraq, from Edmonton, Alberta, on April 17, 2017. PHOTO: DND\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca\/assets\/AIRFORCE_Internet\/images\/news-nouvelles\/2017\/04\/408-sqn-depart-apr-boarding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"col-md-12 img-rounded alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca\/assets\/AIRFORCE_Internet\/images\/news-nouvelles\/2017\/04\/408-sqn-depart-apr-boarding.jpg\" alt=\"A line of people wearing uniforms or civilian clothing and carrying luggage board an aircraft.\" width=\"664\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ls-row-clr\">\u00a0<strong>News Article<span class=\"text-muted\">\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/span>April 18, 2017<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"w1377850047930\" class=\"ls-cmp-wrap ls-1st\">\n<div class=\"news-body\">\n<p><em>From National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces<\/em><\/p>\n<p>About 60 members of 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, based at 3rd Canadian Division Support Base in Edmonton, Alberta, departed on April 17, 2017, for northern Iraq. There, they will assume the duties of the Tactical Aviation Detachment of Air Task Force\u2013Iraq as part of Operation Impact, the Canadian Armed Forces\u2019 commitment to the fight against Daesh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Royal Canadian Air Force is proud to be part of the Canadian Armed Forces\u2019 contribution to the ongoing fight against Daesh,\u201d said Major-General Christian Drouin, 1 Canadian Air Division commander. \u201cWe provide air power that integrates with and supports our Canadian Armed Forces and coalition partners. The tactical helicopter detachment is a crucial component of this commitment. 430 Squadron has done a tremendous job over the past few months, maintaining a level of excellence that I know 408 Squadron will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron will relieve personnel from 430e Escadron tactique d&#8217;h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res, from Valcartier, Quebec, who have been providing tactical aviation support in northern Iraq since early October 2016. Personnel of 408 Squadron will fly and maintain four CH-146 Griffon helicopters, located with the Canadian-led Coalition Role 2 medical facility at Camp \u00c9rable, Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of the fight against Daesh, 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron has deployed a contingent of men and women to provide in-theatre tactical transport in northern Iraq,\u201d said Squadron commanding officer Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor Teller. \u201cI am proud of the commitment, readiness and professionalism of our airmen and airwomen, and am certain that they will provide the same level of excellence in the conduct of their mission as this squadron has done throughout its rich and operationally focused history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As many as four CH-146 Griffon helicopters provide in-theatre tactical transport for Canadian troops and materiel near Erbil, Iraq. The aircraft carry an array of self-defence systems for force protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe men and women of 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron will continue to provide the reliable and dedicated service that Canada\u2019s Special Operations Forces and our coalition allies have come to expect from the RCAF,\u201d said Colonel Jeannot Boucher, Commander 1 Wing, Kingston, Ontario. \u201cAs they deploy to support the fight against Daesh, I am confident that they will live up to their squadron motto, \u2018For Freedom\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0News Article\u00a0\/\u00a0April 18, 2017 From National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces About 60 members of 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, based at 3rd Canadian Division Support Base in Edmonton, Alberta, departed on April 17, 2017, for northern Iraq. There, they will assume the duties of the Tactical Aviation Detachment of Air Task Force\u2013Iraq as part of Operation Impact, the Canadian Armed Forces\u2019 commitment to the fight against Daesh. \u201cThe Royal Canadian Air Force is proud to be part of the Canadian Armed Forces\u2019 contribution to the ongoing fight against Daesh,\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-408-squadron-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2976,"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2975\/revisions\/2976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forfreedom.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}