The Comox Air Force Museum preserves and exhibits the heritage and history of 19 Wing Comox and military aviation on the west coast of Canada. The museum is located at the main gate of 19 Wing/CFB Comox, in the Comox Valley, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The museum opened its doors in the current location 12 September 1987. In addition to the exhibits, the museum has an aviation reference library and an aviation art gallery. The Heritage Air Park where the aircraft are on display is located 500 metres down the road from the museum as is the Y2K Spitfire restoration hangar. The Museum opened its doors to the public 12 September 1987 and is currently celebrating its 20th Anniversary.
... The Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada that includes the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, the village of Cumberland, and the unincorporated settlements of Royston, Union Bay, Fanny Bay, Black Creek and Merville. ... Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Aircraft

• CP-107 Argus
• CF-104 Starfighter
• CF-101 Voodoo
• CF-100 Canuck
• Piasecki H-21
• CT-133 Silver Star
• CT-114 Tutor
• DH-100 Vampire
• Douglas Dakota
• Grumman Tracker
• MiG-21 Fishbed
• Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX Restoration Project

The CL-28 was a marine reconaissance aircraft designed & manufactured by Canadair and was known in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as the CP-107 Argus. ... The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a high-performance supersonic interceptor aircraft, capable of high speeds and climb rates. ... Two 409 Squadron CF-101s in the mountains of British Columbia The CF-101 Voodoo was an all-weather interceptor aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Forces between 1961 and 1984. ... A Canadian Forces CF-100 Mk. ... The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). ... It has been suggested that Lockheed T2V be merged into this article or section. ... The Snowbirds flying the CT-114 Tutor in a diamond formation The Canadair CT-114 Tutor is a Canadian-built jet trainer aircraft used by the RCAF and the later unified Canadian Forces. ... Douglas DC-3 VH-AES at Avalon in 2003. ... The Grumman S-2 (formerly S2F) Tracker was the first US Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft designed specifically for the purpose. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used primarily by the RAF and many Allied countries through the Second World War and into the 1950s. ...

Exhibits

First World War

Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Second World War

• Fire balloon
• John Colwell's Stalag Luft III POW Log Book
• James Francis Edwards
• Duke Warren

Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Shotdown fire balloon reinflated by Americans in California The term fire balloon can mean a small unmanned hot air balloon for festivities; this is also called a sky lantern. ... Stalag Luft III mockup. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... James Francis Stocky Edwards (b. ...

UN Peacekeeping

This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

NORAD

NORAD is short for: North American Aerospace Defense Command Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

19 Wing's Squadrons

• Past Squadrons Exhibit

 * 409 Squadron * Orenda 11 turbojet engine * AIR-2 Genie Missile load training device * CF-101 Voodoo ejection seat 

 * 414 Squadron * The Black Knight Suit of Armour 

 * VU 33 Squadron * Tracker Tail Hook 

• Present Squadrons Exhibit

 * 442 Squadron * Search and Rescue Technician Jump Suit 

 * 407 Squadron * Wright 3350 Cycone 18 Piston Engine * Torpedo * Sonobuoy 

... The 409 Nighthawk Squadron is a air force unit of the Canadian Forces. ... The heritage of the Orenda Engine dates back to the 1940s when Avro Canada, later to become Hawker Siddeley, was formed immediately after the Second World War, to design and build aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). ... Turbojets are the simplest and oldest kind of general purpose jet engine. ... An AIR-2 Genie on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force The Genie was an unguided air-to-air rocket with a nuclear warhead, used by interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. ... Two 409 Squadron CF-101s in the mountains of British Columbia The CF-101 Voodoo was an all-weather interceptor aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Forces between 1961 and 1984. ... US Air Force F/A-22 Raptor ejection seat test using a mannequin. ... 442 City of Vancouver Squadron is a Air Force unit with the Canadian Forces. ... A modern torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ... Sonarbuoy loaded on aircraft A sonobuoy (a portmanteau of sonar and buoy) is a relatively small (typically 4 7/8 inches, or ~124 mm, in diameter and 36 inches, or ~914 mm, long) expendable sonar system that is dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare or underwater...

Vehicles

• Willys Jeep

The WWII Willys MB US Army Jeep. ...

External Links

• Museum website
• Y2K Spitfire Restoration Website
• 19 Wing Comox Website
• History of the Canadian Air Force