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Updated 12 December 2021

Air Demonstration Teams


The majority of this list of teams was compiled from Daniel V. Dempsey's book
"A Tradition of Excellence Canada's Airshow Team Heritage", 2002, ISBN 0-9687817-0-5.

Note: Aircraft pictures may not show colour scheme or actual aircraft configuration.

Chronological Timeline
Current Teams
Retired Teams


Chronological Timeline


1919: Barker Exhibition Team
1929 - 1934: The Siskins (Siskin Exhibition Flight)
1934: RCAF Army Cooperation Flight Demonstration Team
1945: Test and Development Establishment
1946: RCN Seafires
1946 - 1947: Winter Experimental Establishment
1947 - 1948: 417 (FR) Sqn Mustang Team
1948 - 1949: CFS Vampire Airshow Team
1948 - 1950: No. 1 FTS Harvard Team
1949: CFS Harvard Team
1949: Seafire Exhibition Flight (Watson's Flying Circus)
1949 - 1951: The Blue Devils
1951: No. 1 FTS Harvard Team
1951: 416 (F) Sqn Mustang Team
1951: 424 (F) Sqn Mustang Team
1951 - 1952: CFS Harvard Team
1951 - 1952: 420 (F) Sqn Mustang Team
1951 - 1952: The Easy Aces / Centralia Aerobatic Team
1952: 413 (F) Sqn Sabre Team
1952 - 1953: RCN Airshow Team
1952 - 1953: 410 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1953: 441 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1953: 445 AW(F) Sqn Formation Team
1953 - 1954: 1 (F) Wing Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1953 - 1954: 439 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1953 - 1955: Central Flying School T-33 Demonstration Team The Silver Stars
1953 - 1955: No. 3 AW(F) OTU Solo Demos
1954: CF-100 Team [Operation Prairie Pacific Teams]
1954: Operation Prairie Pacific Teams Support Aircraft
1954: Sabre Team [Operation Prairie Pacific Teams]
1954: Silver Stars [Operation Prairie Pacific Teams]
1954: 3 (F) Wing Fireballs
1954: 431 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team
1955: 2 (F) Wing Sky Lancers
1955: The Lancers
1955 - 1958: 1 FIS Formation Team
1955 - 1958: 2 AFS Formation Team
1956: 4 (F) Wing Sky Lancers
1956 - 1957: VF 870 Aerobatic Team
1958 - 1960: Grey Ghosts
1958 - 1969: Red Knight
1959 - 1960: Bald Eagles
1959: Golden Gigolos
1959: 2 FTS Harvard Team ("Yellow Chickens")
1959 - 1962: Chipmunk Synchronized Aerobatic Team (Smoke Eaters)
1959 - 1964: Gimli Smokers
1959 - 1964: RCAF Golden Hawks
1959 - 1964: The Red Herring
1961 - 1962: Red Ravens
1962 - 1963: CEPE Starfighter Demonstrations
1962 - 1964: Goldilocks / Moose Jaw Harvard Aerobatic Team
1962 - 1974: Cougars
1962 - 1977: Lynx Formation
1964 - 1967: Starfighter Demonstration Teams
1964 - 1974: Alouettes
1965 - 1984: Nighthawks / The Hawks
1966: 430 Sqn Eagles [The Starfighters]
1966 - 1971: VU-32 Jet Flight Formation Team
1966 - 1983: The Starfighters
1967: CAF Golden Centennaires
1967: Snoppy Squadron
1967: The Pink Dinks
1967: 439 Sqn Tigers [The Starfighters]
1968 - 1982: Starfighters
1969 : Vikings
1969: Viking Reds [Vikings]
1969 - 1970: B Flight Jesters
1969 - Present: SkyHawks (The), Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team
1970 - 1971: 1 FTS T-Birds
1970 - 1973: Red Indians [The Starfighters]
1970 - 1973: Sagueney Manics
1970 - 1973: Schooner Bluenose
1971: Cougar T-33 Team
1971: Hillers
1970 - 1971: 2 CFFTS Formation Demostration Team The Tutor Whites
1971 - 1984: Musket Gold
1971 - Present: Canadian Forces Snowbirds
1972: Alouette Reds
1972: CDN Forces CF-5 Demo Team
1972: Deadeye Whiskeys [Starfighters]
1972 - 1984: Dragonflies
1973: HS 50 Sea King Team
1973: Larks
1973: Muskrats (The) [Musket Gold]
1974: Deadeye Blacks [Starfighters]
1974 - 1975: Cobras
1975: Skylarks
1975 - 1976: Green Gophers
1975 - 1978: Sagueney Expos
1976 - 1977: Tiger Romeos [The Starfighters]
1976 - 1982: Deadeye Zips [Starfighters]
1976 - 1982: Warlocks
1976 - 1984 : Vikings
1976 - 1985: Rut Zulus
1977: Deadeye Zips / Alberta Arrows [Starfighters]
1977 - 1978: Check Whiskeys [The Starfighters]
1977 - 1978: Red Indians [The Starfighters]
1977 - 1978: VU-33 T-33 Team
1977 - 1982: The Red Herrings
1978 - 1984: Bobcats
1978: Canadian Reds [The Starfighters]
1979: Sagueney Pogos
1979: Tiger Romeos [The Starfighters]
1979 - 1983: 1 CAG Starfighters [The Starfighters]
1980 - 1983: Sagueney Quebec
1982: Hummingbirds [Air Reserve Teams]
1982 - 1984: Air Reserve Teams
1982 - 1984: Tactical Tigers Demonstration Team
1983: Canadian CF-104 Closeout Team [Starfighters]
1983: Lazer Blues Formation [Air Reserve Teams]
1983 - 1984: Black Knights
1983 - 1985: Schooner Bluenose
1983 - 1985: Silver Stars
1983 - 1992: Tracer Reds
1983 - Present: CF-18 Demonstration Team
1984: TAC ADS Formation [Air Reserve Teams]
1985 - 1990: 1 Canadian Air Group / 1 Air Division
1988 - 1994: 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron CF-5 Solo Demo
1990 - 1992: VU-33 T-33 Team
1992: Dragonflies
1992: Musket Gold
1993: Rut Zulus
1998 - 1999: Canadian Air Force Heritage Flight
2001: Black Knights


Current Teams


Canadian Forces Snowbirds
1971 - Present
Unit: 431 Air Demonstration Squadron
Home Base: CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aircraft: Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)

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114089 Photo by CJ Chapman

CF-18 Demonstration Team
1983 - Present
Units: CFB Bagotville and CFB Cold Lake Squadrons
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Canada, and CFB Cold Lake, Canada
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas CF-188 Hornet
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188734 Photo by CJ Chapman

SkyHawks (The), Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team
1969 - Present
1969: Canadian Airborne Regiment Parachute Team
1970: Canadian Forces Parachute Team
1971 - 2013: SkyHawks
2013 - Present: Canadian Army Parachute Team, The SkyHawks
Unit: 1969 - 1971: Canadian Airborne Regiment
1971 - 1996: Canadian Airborne Centre (CABC)
1996 - 2006: Canadian Parachute Centre
2006 - Present: The Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC)
Home Base:
1969 - 1996: CFB Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1996 - Present: CFB Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Parachutes (Canadian Flag parachute):
1969 - 1977: Para-Commander round parachute
1977 - Present: Ram-Air square parachute
The SkyHawks jump from a variety of aircraft and helicopters.
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SkyHawks Crest, [Canadian Army] SkyHawks, [CJ Chapman]



Retired Teams


Air Reserve Teams
1982 - 1984
Unit: 2 Air Reserve Wing
Home Base: CFB Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Bell CH-136 Kiowa
CH-136 Kiowa

Alouette Reds
1972
Unit: 425 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

Alouettes
1964 - 1974
Unit: 425 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

B Flight Jesters
1969 - 1970
Unit: 2 Flying Training School
Home Base: CFB Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan, Canada
Aircraft:
Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)
CT-114 Tutor

Bald Eagles
1959 - 1960
Unit: No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training Unit
Home Base: RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk 4A
CF-100 Canuck

Barker Exhibition Team
1919
Home Base: Leaside, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
German Fokker D.VII Scout
Fokker D.VII Scout, Vintage Wings of Canada

Black Knights
1983 - 1984, 2001
Unit: 414 (EW) Sqn
Home Base:
1983 - 1984 CFB North Bay, Ontario, Canada
2001 CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Black Knight

Blue Devils (The)
1949 - 1951
Unit: 410 (F) Fighter Sqn
Home Base: RCAF Station St. Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
de Havilland Vampire Mk III

North American / Canadair F-86 Sabre

Blue Devils Vampires Blue Devils Sabre

Bobcats
1978 - 1984
Unit: 416 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

CAF Golden Centennaires
1967
Unit: Canadian Armed Forces Centennial Aerobatic Team
Home Base: RCAF Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)

Lockheed / Canadair Silver Star CT-133 (Red Knight)

Avro 504K

McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo

Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter

Lockheed CC-130 Hercules (Support aircraft from 426/435 Sqns)

Golden Centennaires crest, [JF Chalifoux] Golden Centennaires CT-114 Tutor Avro 504 CF-101 Voodoo CF-104 Starfighter CC-130 Hercules

Canadian CF-104 Closeout Team [Starfighters]
1983
Unit: 417 Tac (F) Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Canadian Air Force Heritage Flight
1998 - 1999
Unit: Sponsored by 1 Canadian Air Division HQ
Home Base:17 Wing, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
North American Harvard

Canadair Silver Star T-33

Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)
Harvard CT-133 Silver Star CT-114 Tutor

Canadian Reds [The Starfighters]
1978
Unit: 441, 439, 441 Sqns, 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

CDN Forces CF-5 Demo Team
1972
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

CEPE Starfighter Demonstrations
1962 - 1963
Unit: Central Experimental and Proving Establishment
Home Base: RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
CF-104 Starfighter

Central Flying School T-33 Demonstration Team The Silver Stars*
1953 - 1955
 * Silver Stars name adopted in 1954
Unit: Central Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

CF-100 Team [Operation Prairie Pacific Teams]
1954
Unit: 423 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: RCAF Station St. Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk 2
CF-100 Canuck

CFS Harvard Team
1949
Unit: Central Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard Mk IIB
Harvard

CFS Harvard Team
1951 - 1952
Unit: Central Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard
Harvard

CFS Vampire Airshow Team
1948 - 1949
Unit: Central Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
de Havilland Vampire Mk III
DH.100 Vampire

Check Whiskeys [The Starfighters]
1977 - 1978
Unit: 441 Sqn, 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Chipmunk Synchronized Aerobatic Team (Smoke Eaters)
1959 - 1962
Unit: Primary Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
de Havilland DHC 1 Chipmunk
CT-120 Chipmunk

Cobras
1974 - 1975
Unit: 1 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A/D)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

Cougar T-33 Team
1971
Unit: 410 AW(F) Operational Training Sqn
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

Cougars
1962 - 1974
Unit: 410 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base:
1962 - 1964 RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, Canada
1968 - 1974 CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

Deadeye Blacks [Starfighters]
1974
Unit: 417 Tac (F) Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Deadeye Whiskeys [Starfighters]
1972
Unit: 417 Tac (F) Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Deadeye Zips [Starfighters]
1976 - 1982
Unit: 417 Tac (F) Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Deadeye Zips / Alberta Arrows [Starfighters]
1977
Unit: 417 Tac (F) Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Dragonflies
1972 - 1984, 1992
Unit: 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
Home Base: CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Bell CH-136 Kiowa

Bell CH-139 Jet Ranger
Dragonflies crest, [JF Chalifoux] CH-136 Kiowa CH-139 Jet Ranger

Easy Aces (The) / Centralia Aerobatic Team
1951 - 1952
Unit: No. 1 Flying Training School
Home Base: RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard NA-66, AT-16, Mk II, IIB or IV
Harvard

Gimli Smokers
1959 - 1964
Unit: No. 3 Advanced Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

Golden Gigolos
1959
Unit: 433 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk 4B
CF-100 Canuck

Goldilocks / Moose Jaw Harvard Aerobatic Team
1962 - 1964
Unit: Flying Instructor School
Home Base: RCAF Station Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard Mk 4
North American Harvard

Green Gophers
1975 - 1976
Unit: 403 Tactical Helicopter (Operational Training) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada
Aircraft:
Bell CH-136 Kiowa
CH-136 Kiowa

Grey Ghosts
1958 - 1960
Unit: VF 870
Home Base: RCNAS Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee
Grey Ghosts, RCN

Hillers
1971
Unit: No. 3 Flying Training School
Home Base: CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Hiller CH-112 Nomad
CH-112 Hiller Nomad

HS 50 Sea King Team
1973
Unit: HS 50
Home Base: CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King
CH-124 Sea King

Hummingbirds [Air Reserve Teams]
1982
Unit: 2 Air Reserve Wing
Home Base: CFB Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Bell CH-136 Kiowa
CH-136 Kiowa

Lancers (The)
1955
Unit: No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit
Home Base: RCAF Station Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
CL-13 Sabre

Larks
1973
Unit: 425 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

Lazer Blues Formation [Air Reserve Teams]
1983
Unit: 2 Air Reserve Wing
Home Base: CFB Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Bell CH-136 Kiowa
CH-136 Kiowa

Lynx Formation
1962 - 1977
Unit: 416 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base:
RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, Canada
RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
RCAF Station / CFB Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

Musket Gold
1971 - 1984, 1992
Unit: 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
Home Base: CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer
Musket Gold crest, [JF Chalifoux] CT-134 Musketeer

Muskrats (The) [Musket Gold]
1973
Unit: 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
Home Base: CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer
Musket Gold crest, [JF Chalifoux] CT-134 Musketeer

Nighthawks / Hawks (The)
1965 - 1984
1965 - 1979: Nighthawks
1980 - 1984: The Hawks

Unit: 409 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

No. 1 FTS Harvard Team
1948 - 1950
Unit: No. 1 Flying Training School
Home Base: RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard Mk IIB
Harvard

No. 1 FTS Harvard Team
1951
Unit: No. 1 Flying Training School
Home Base: RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard Mk IIB
Harvard

No. 3 AW(F) OTU Solo Demos
1953 - 1955
Unit: 3 AW(F) Operational Training Unit
Home Base: RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Avro CF-100 Canuck
CF-100 Canuck

Operation Prairie Pacific Teams Support Aircraft
1954
Aircraft:
C-119 Flying Boxcar

Canso Flying Boat
C-119 Boxcar PBY Canso

Pink Dinks (The)
1967
Unit: 414 Sqn Detachment
Home Base: CFB North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

RCAF Army Cooperation Flight Demonstration Team
1934
Unit: Army Cooperation Flight
Home Base: RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas I
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas

RCAF Golden Hawks
1959 - 1964
Unit: RCAF Air Display Unit
Home Base:
1959 - 1962 RCAF Station Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
1963 - 1964 RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American / Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk 5 and Mk 6

Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133))
Golden Hawks crest CT-133 Silver Star CT-133 Silver Star

RCN Airshow Team
1952 - 1953
Unit: 31st Support Air Group
Home Base: HMCS Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
870 Sqn: Hawker Seafury FB.11

880 Sqn: Grumman Avenger AS-3
Hawker Sea Fury TBM-3E Avenger

RCN Seafires
1946
Unit: 803 (F) Sqn, RCN Air Section
Home Base: RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
Supermarine Seafire XV
Seafire

Red Herring (The)
1959 - 1964
Unit: VU-32
Home Base: CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
T-33 Silver Star

Red Herrings
1977 - 1982
Unit: VU-32 Jet Flight
Home Base: CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
T-33 Silver Star

Red Indians [The Starfighters]
1970 - 1973, 1977 - 1978
Unit: 421 Sqn, 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Red Knight
1958 - 1969
1958 - 1967 RCAF Red Knight, 1968 -1969 Canadian Armed Forces Red Knight
Unit: Training Command Solo Demo Pilot
Home Base:
1958 - 1959 RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
1959 - 1960 RCAF Station Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1961 - 1964 RCAF Station Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
1965 - 1966 CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
1967 - 1969 CFB Station Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)

Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)
Red Knight crest, [JF Chalifoux] Red Knight CT-133 Red Knight CT-114

Red Ravens
1961 - 1962
Unit: Electronic Warefare Unit
Home Base: RCAF Station St. Hubert, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk 5D
CF-100 Canuck

Rut Zulus
1976 - 1985, 1993
Unit: 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A/D)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

Sabre Team [Operation Prairie Pacific Teams]
1954
Unit: 431 Fighter Sqn
Home Base: RCAF Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
CL-13 Sabre

Sagueney Expos
1975 - 1978
Unit: 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

Sagueney Manics
1970 - 1973
Unit: 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

Sagueney Pogos
1979
Unit: 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

Sagueney Quebec
1980 - 1983
Unit: 433 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

Schooner Bluenose
1970 - 1973, 1983 - 1985
Unit: 434 Tactical Fighter Squadron
Home Base:
CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
CFB Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

Seafire Exhibition Flight (Watson's Flying Circus)
1949
Unit: 803 (F) Sqn/19th Carrier Air Group
Home Base: HMCS Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
Supermarine Seafire XV
Seafire

Silver Stars
1983 - 1985
Unit: Base Flight
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
T-33 Silver Star

Silver Stars [Operation Prairie Pacific Teams]
1954
Unit: Central Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
T-33 Silver Star

Siskins (The) (Siskin Exhibition Flight)
1929 - 1934
Home Base:
1929 - 1930 Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1931 St. Hubert, Quebec, Canada
1932 - 1934RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk IIIA
Siskin

SkyHawks (The), Canadian Armed Forces Parachute Team
1969 - Present
1969: Canadian Airborne Regiment Parachute Team
1970: Canadian Forces Parachute Team
1971 - 2013: SkyHawks
2013 - Present: Canadian Army Parachute Team, The SkyHawks
Unit: 1969 - 1971: Canadian Airborne Regiment
1971 - 1996: Canadian Airborne Centre (CABC)
1996 - 2006: Canadian Parachute Centre
2006 - Present: The Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC)
Home Base:
1969 - 1996: CFB Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1996 - Present: CFB Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Parachutes (Canadian Flag parachute):
1969 - 1977: Para-Commander round parachute
1977 - Present: Ram-Air square parachute
The SkyHawks jump from a variety of aircraft and helicopters.
Official Website: EnglishTo Canadian Army webpage iconfrancais
Social Media:

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SkyHawks Crest, [Canadian Army] SkyHawks, [CJ Chapman]

Skylarks
1975
Unit: 425 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
CF-101 Voodoo

Snoppy Squadron
1967
Unit: National Aviation Museum Rockcliffe, and CEPE/AETE CFB Uplands
Home Base: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Aeronca C-2
Fleet Finch

Nieuport 17

Sopwith Camel

Sopwith Snipe

Sopwith Triplane
Fleet Finch Nieuport 17 Sopwith Camel Sopwith Snipe Sopwith Triplane

Starfighter Demonstration Teams
1964 - 1967
Unit: No. 6 Strike/Recce Operational Training Unit
Home Base: RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
CF-104 Starfighter

Starfighters
1968 - 1982
Unit: 417 Tac (F) Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
CF-104 Starfighter

Starfighters (The)
1966 - 1983
Unit: 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

TAC ADS Formation [Air Reserve Teams]
1984
Unit: 2 Air Reserve Wing
Home Base: CFB Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Bell CH-136 Kiowa
CH-136 Kiowa

Tactical Tigers Demonstration Team
1982 - 1984
Unit: Tactical Airlift School
Home Base: CFB Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed CC-130 Hercules
CC-130J Hercules

Test and Development Establishment
1945
Unit: Test and Development Establishment
Home Base: RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Gloster Meteor F.3
Gloster Meteor

Tiger Romeos [The Starfighters]
1976, 1977, 1979
Unit: 439 Sqn, 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

Tracer Reds
1983 - 1992
Unit: VU-32 Jet Flight
Home Base: CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

VF 870 Aerobatic Team
1956 - 1957
Unit: VF 870
Home Base: RCNAS Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee
F2H-3 Banshee

Vikings
1969, 1976 - 1984
Unit: Flying Instructor School
Home Base:
1969 CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
1976 - 1981 CFB Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan, Canada
1981 - 1984 CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)
CT-114 Tutor

Viking Reds [Vikings]
1969
Unit: Flying Instructor School
Home Base:
1969 CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
1976 - 1981 CFB Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan, Canada
1981 - 1984 CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)
CT-114 Tutor

VU-32 Jet Flight Formation Team
1966 - 1971
Unit: VU-32
Home Base: CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

VU-33 T-33 Team
1977 - 1978, 1990 - 1992
Unit: VU-33
Home Base: CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

Warlocks
1976 - 1982
Unit: 425 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base: CFB Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
Warlocks crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-101 Voodoo

Winter Experimental Establishment
1946 - 1947
Unit: North-West Air Command
Home Base: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Gloster Meteor F.3

de Havilland DH-100 Vampire
DH.100 Vampire

1 CAG Starfighters [The Starfighters]
1979 - 1983
Unit: 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

1 Canadian Air Group / 1 Air Division
1985 - 1990
Unit: 4 Wing
Home Base:CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
McDonnell Douglas CF-188 Hornet
CF-188 Hornet

1 (F) Wing Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1953 - 1954
Unit: 1 (F) Wing
Home Base: RCAF Station North Luffenham, England
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
CL-13 Sabre

1 FIS Formation Team
1955 - 1958
Unit: Flying Instructor School
Home Base: RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

1 FTS T-Birds
1970 - 1971
Unit: 1 Flying Training School
Home Base:
1970 - 1971 CFB Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
1971 CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

2 AFS Formation Team
1955 - 1958
Unit: No. 2 Advanced Flying School
Home Base: RCAF Station Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
Lockheed T-33 / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 (CT-133)
CT-133 Silver Star

2 CFFTS Formation Demostration Team The Tutor Whites
1970 - 1971
Renamed to the Snowbirds 25 June 1971
Unit: 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
Home Base: CFB Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan, Canada
Aircraft:
Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114)
CT-114 Tutor

2 FTS Harvard Team ("Yellow Chickens")
1959
Unit: 2 Flying Training School
Home Base: RCAF Station Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard
Harvard

2 (F) Wing Sky Lancers
1955
Unit: 2 (F) Wing
Home Base: RCAF Station Grostenquin, France
Aircraft:
North American / Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk 5
Canadair F-86 Sabre

3 (F) Wing Fireballs
1954
Unit: 3 (F) Wing
Home Base: RCAF Station Zweibrucken, West Germany
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
Fireballs Sabre

4 (F) Wing Sky Lancers
1956
Unit: 4 (F) Wing
Home Base: RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
North American / Canadair F-86 Sabre Mk 5
Sky Lancers crest, [JF Chalifoux] Canadair F-86 Sabre

410 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1952 - 1953
Unit: 410 (F) Squadron
Home Base: RCAF Station North Luffenham, England
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
CL-13 Sabre

413 (F) Sqn Sabre Team
1952
Unit: 413 (F) Sqn
Home Base: RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2

Lochkheed / Canadair Silver Star CL-30 [CT-133]
CL-13 Sabre CT-133 Silver Star

416 (F) Sqn Mustang Team
1951
Unit: 417 (F) Sqn
Home Base: RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American F-51 Mustang IV
P-51 Mustang

417 (FR) Sqn Mustang Team
1947 - 1948
Unit: 417 (FR) Sqn
Home Base: RCAF Station Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Aircraft:
North American F-51 Mustang IV
P-51 Mustang

419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron CF-5 Solo Demo
1988 - 1994
"Moose" introduced in 1989
Unit: 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
Home Base: CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Aircraft:
Northrop / Canadair CF-116 Freedom Fighter (CF-5A/D)
CF-116 Freedom Fighter

420 (F) Sqn Mustang Team
1951 - 1952
Unit: 420 (F) Sqn, RCAF Auxiliary
Home Base: Crumlin Airport, London, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American F-51 Mustang IV
P-51 Mustang

424 (F) Sqn Mustang Team
1951
Unit: 424 (F) Sqn, RCAF Auxiliary
Home Base: Mount Hope Airport, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American F-51 Mustang IV
P-51 Mustang

430 Sqn Eagles [The Starfighters])
1966
Unit: 430 Sqn, 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

431 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team
1954
Unit: 431 (F) Sqn
Home Base:RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec, Canada
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
CL-13 Sabre

439 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1953 - 1954
Unit: 439 (F) Squadron
Home Base: RCAF Station North Luffenham, England
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
CL-13 Sabre

439 Sqn Tigers [The Starfighters]
1967
Unit: 439 Sqn, 1 Air Division / 1 Canadian Air Group
Home Base: CFB Baden-Soellingen, West Germany
Aircraft:
Lockheed / Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Canadian Starfighters crest, [JF Chalifoux] CF-104 Starfighter

441 (F) Sqn Aerobatic Team ["North Luff" Sabre Teams]
1953
Unit: 441 (F) Squadron
Home Base: RCAF Station North Luffenham, England
Aircraft:
North American F-86 / Canadair CL-13 Sabre Mk 2
CL-13 Sabre

445 AW(F) Sqn Formation Team
1953
Unit: 445 AW(F) Sqn
Home Base:
RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, Canada
RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, Canada
Aircraft:
North American Harvard
Harvard


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