400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
Motto: Percussuri vigiles (On the watch to strike)
Significance: The eagle's head indicates the squadron's former role as a reconnaissance unit on army cooperation work; the tomahawks indicate the type of aircraft with which it was once equipped.
400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (THS) is a 1 Wing squadron housed at Canadian Forces Base Borden, Ontario. 400 THS operates as an Aviation Maintenance Squadron (AMS) supporting the 1 Wing CH-146 Griffon helicopter fleet for second line maintenance, conducting 300 and 600 hour inspections.
As the 1 Wing AMS, 400 THS not only conducts maintenance inspections, but also maintains a moderate level of operational preparedness at the individual level, ensuring members remain part of the wider 1 Wing deployable pool of personnel. Flying operations include pre-induction test flights, post-maintenance ground runs and test flights, currency flying, and transit flights (to pick up and drop off aircraft from/to other squadrons).
400 THS is comprised of a Headquarters Flight, an Operations Flight, a Maintenance Flight, a Maintenance Test Pilot Flight, a Logistics Support Flight, and an Air Reserve Flight.
The complete squadron history is available on the National Defence, Directorate of History and Heritage website.
400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
Canadian Forces Base Borden
PO Box 1000 Stn Main
Borden ON L0M 1C0
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