19 Wing Comox
19 Wing Comox is located at Canadian Forces Base Comox on Vancouver Island. Its Aurora crews keep watch over the Pacific Ocean looking for illegal fishing, migration, drugs and pollution in addition to foreign submarines. With CC-115 Buffalo Aircraft and CH-149 Cormorant Helicopters, they also carry out search and rescue operations in the busiest region in Canada, stretching from the B.C.-Washington border to the Arctic, and from the Rocky Mountains to 1,200 km out into the Pacific Ocean.
In addition to its operational squadrons, the Wing is home to 19 Air Maintenance Squadron and a national training school and the Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue (CFSSAR). 19 Wing also supports cadet training at the Regional Cadet Gliding School (Pacific) and HMCS Quadra sea cadet camp.
History
The airfield at Comox was opened as a Royal Air Force (RAF) Base in 1942 and was officially constituted as a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Aerodrome on 1 May 1943.
Read more about the history of 19 Wing Comox.
Squadrons
- 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron
- 418 Search and Rescue Operational Training Squadron
- 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron (Winnipeg)
- 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron
- 19 Air Maintenance Squadron
- Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue (at Comox)
- 192 Construction Engineering Flight (Abbotsford)
- 19 Wing Air Reserve Flight
Equipment
"No retreat"
Significance: The crest depicts the Sharp Shinned Hawk resting on a Dogwood tree branch. The Dogwood flower is the provincial flower of B.C.
Command team
Colonel Dany J. Poitras, CD
Chief Warrant Officer Kevin D. Colcy, CD
Wing news
National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces – COVID-19
The latest information and resources for military and civilian members of the Defence Team related to the rapidly evolving 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the steps being taken to minimize the risk to our military and civilian members.
March 19, 2020
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February 1, 2020
Captain Paige Campbell, RCAF Female Athlete of the Year, goes far taking part in CAF sports
Captain Paige Campbell, an Air Combat Systems Officer with 442 Squadron, at 19 Wing Comox, was nominated RCAF Female Athlete of the Year.
January 15, 2021
Master Corporal Gabriel Auclair, RCAF Male Athlete of the Year, shows that there is more to weightlifting than physical strength
Master Corporal Gabriel Auclair, a 406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron Aviation Technician based at 12 Wing Shearwater, Nova Scotia, was nominated RCAF Male Athlete of the Year.
January 13, 2021
Master Warrant Officer Edward Hebb appointed as member of the Order of Military Merit
Governor General Julie Payette recently appointed Master Warrant Officer Edward Hebb as member of the Order of Military Merit for his dedicated service since his enrollment in 1998.
January 11, 2021
Contact information
19 Wing Comox
PO Box 1000 Station Main
Lazo BC V0R 2K0
Shipping address
Bldg 45 – HQ Central Registry
1 Labrador Ln
Lazo BC V0R 2K0
Public Affairs Officer
Phone: 250-339-8201
Email: 19wingpublicaffairs@forces.gc.ca
