19 Wing Comox

Who we are

19 Wing Comox is based 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.

In addition to its operational squadrons, the Wing is home to 19 Air Maintenance Squadron and a national training school, 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.

19 Wing Comox is located at Canadian Forces Base Comox.

History

Read about the history of 19 Wing Comox.

Squadrons

• 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron
• 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron (Winnipeg) 
• 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron
• 19 Air Maintenance Squadron
• 191 Construction Engineering Squadron
• 19 Wing Air Reserve Flight

Equipment

• CP-140 Aurora
• CC-115 Buffalo
• CH-149 Cormorant

Command team