417 Combat Support Squadron (French: 417e Escadron de soutien au combat) is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Cold Lake it provides helicopter support to the base operations. Since 1994, it has also provided search and rescue.

417 has been tasked by the crown to provide helicopter support to 4 Wing, Cold Lake, by providing a dedicated on base Search and Rescue Unit. The unit’s primary role is to conduct Base rescue for the fighter units on base. Its secondary role is to augment the National Search and Rescue capability.

In April 1943 it became the only Canadian squadron in the Desert Air Force and was to provide air defence and close support to the British Eighth Army through the closing stages of the Tunisian campaign, and throughout the Sicilian and Italian campaigns.

2023年2月14日 · This video covers the history of 417 Sqn, Formed in WWII as a fighter unit and still operating today as a base SAR unit ...more. This is Episode 20 in my RCAF history series.

There was one squadron, 417 Squadron, that could not enjoy these visitations and packages as it was the only Canadian squadron that fought in north Africa with the Desert Air Force. Arriving there in April 1942, it provided air defense and close air support to the British Eighth Army through the closing stages of the Tunisian campaign, and ...

The 417th Test and Evaluation Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 753rd Test and Evaluation Group and stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Its previous assignment was with the USAF Weapons School at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, where it was inactivated on 14 September 2006.

417 Combat Support Squadron is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Cold Lake it provides helicopter support to the base operations. Since 1994, it has also provided Search and Rescue. 417 Squadron was a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron formed in England on 27 November 1941...

The RCAF’s No 417 Squadron saw action on a completely different theatre, the Mediterranean. The squadron was transferred from Fighter Command to the Desert Air Force and sent to the Middle East in June 1942.

417 Combat Support Squadron (French: 417 e Escadron de soutien au combat) is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Cold Lake it provides helicopter support to the base operations. Since 1994, it has also provided search and rescue.

2020年4月9日 · A page for all current 417 (City of Bayside) Squadron cadets, staff and their parents/guardians to share and discuss cadet information, events and ask questions.