444 Combat Support Squadron

444 Combat Support Squadron
Founded	1 March 1953
Role	Rescue
Part of	5 Wing
Garrison/HQ	CFB Goose Bay
Motto(s)	STRIKE SWIFT STRIKE SURE
Commanders
5 Wing Commander	Lieutenant Colonel Luc Sabourin
Aircraft flown
Fighter	CL-13 Sabre, CF-104 Starfighter
Helicopter	CH-112 Nomad, CH-136 Kiowa, CH-135 Twin Huey, CH-146 Griffon

444 Combat Support Squadron is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Forces. Based at CFB Goose Bay it provides helicopter support to the base operations.

444 Fighter Squadron was formed in March 1953 at CFB St. Hubert, Quebec and moved to CFB Baden-Soellingen in West Germany.

Disbanded 1967, it was re-formed as 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at CFB Lahr, West Germany in 1972 as part of Canadian Forces Europe until 1991 and again in CFB Goose Bay in 1993.

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