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List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations 
Summary
This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the Canadian Forces on February 1, 1968.
Some of the RCAF stations listed in this article link to facility descriptions containing the prefix "CFB" (Canadian Forces Base) or "CFS" (Canadian Forces Station). These facilities were at one time RCAF stations, but changed to CFBs or CFSs following unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968. Most former RCAF stations still in use by the Canadian Forces are still operated by the RCAF (renamed from Air Command or AIRCOM in 2011, from the use "air element" 1968–2011). During the 1990s, most RCAF squadrons on Canadian Forces Bases were reorganized into "wings" as the primary lodger unit. Consequently, many Canadian Forces Bases used as air force bases are frequently referred to without the prefix CFB, e.g., "CFB Greenwood" is also referred to as "14 Wing Greenwood", with 14 Wing being the primary lodger unit at CFB Greenwood.
Before 1968, all RCAF facilities followed the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed.
Operating locations (1924–1939) edit
Primary Canadian stations edit
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Ontario edit
Operating locations (1939–1945) edit
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Non-Canadian North American operating locations edit
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- RCAF Station Botwood
- RCAF Station Gander
- RCAF Brig Harbour
- RCAF Cape Bauld
- RCAF Cape Ray
- RCAF Station Torbay
- RCAF Port aux Basques
United Kingdom operating locations edit
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Wales edit
Northern Europe operating locations edit
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Denmark edit
- Base 160 Copenhagen
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Southern Europe and Mediterranean Sea operating locations edit
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North Africa edit
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Other operating locations edit
Indian Ocean edit
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Persian Gulf edit
Africa edit
Operating locations (1946–1968) edit
Primary Canadian stations edit
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- RCAF Station Comox
- RCAF Station Holberg
- RCAF Station Sea Island
Manitoba edit
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- RCAF Station Parent
- RCAF Station Senneterre
- RCAF Station Lac St Denis
- RCAF Station Lamacaza
RCAF Station Val d'Or
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Auxiliary Canadian stations edit
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Newfoundland edit
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Yukon edit
Emergency Canadian airfields edit
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DEW Line radar stations edit
This covers 1946–1968. Nunavut was created in 1999. Stations are listed from west to east.[2]
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Mid-Canada Line radar stations edit
Alberta edit
- RCAF Station Stoney Mountain
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Newfoundland and Labrador edit
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Pinetree Line radar stations edit
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Primary overseas stations edit
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France edit
Germany edit
Afghanistan edit
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan relief airfields edit
References edit
- Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force.