RCAF Station Borden
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Canadian Forces Base Borden 16 Wing Borden Borden Heliport |
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Sherman tank displayed outside of Waterloo Officers' Mess at CFB Borden
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Canada | ||||||||||
| Operator | Department of National Defence | ||||||||||
| Location | Borden | ||||||||||
| Built | 1916 | ||||||||||
| Commander | Colonel L.P. McGarry | ||||||||||
| Occupants | No. 400 Squadron RCAF | ||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 729 ft / 222 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°16′18″N 079°54′45″W / 44.27167°N 79.91250°WCoordinates: 44°16′18″N 079°54′45″W / 44.27167°N 79.91250°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.forces.gc.ca/en/caf-community-bases-wings/borden.page | ||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement
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Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden) is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.
The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CFB Borden is home to the largest training wing in the Canadian Armed Forces. The base is run by Canadian Forces Support Training Group (CFSTG) and reports to the Canadian Defence Academy (CDA) in Kingston.
At the height of the First World War, the Borden Military Camp opened at a location on a glacial moraine west of Barrie in 1916 to train units for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was named for Sir Frederick Borden, Minister of Militia. In May 1916, the Barrie and Collingwood companies of the 157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters), CEF (perpetuated today by The Grey and Simcoe Foresters ), under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D.H. MacLaren, began construction of the camp.
Camp Borden was selected in 1917 for a military aerodrome, becoming the first flying station of the Royal Flying Corps Canada. During the inter-war period, the aerodrome was used as the training location for the nascent Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and was renamed RCAF Station Borden. Camp Borden's training grounds were expanded in 1938 to house the Canadian Tank School. The Siskins were a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aerobatic flying team that was established in 1929 at Camp Borden.
During the Second World War, both Camp Borden and RCAF Station Borden became the most important training facility in Canada, housing both army training and flight training, the latter under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). The BCATP's No. 1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) was located here until 1946. Relief landing fields were located at Alliston and Edenvale.
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