Training and education

The Royal Canadian Air Force is sharing its expertise with other air forces around the world, offering basic and advanced training of all types. Canada's training provides world-class technology and the opportunity to test new tactics in Canada's vast air space.

In recent years, it has marketed this expertise to military pilots from NATO and other allied countries.

• Goose Bay Foreign Military Training, located at 5 Wing Goose Bay, provides a key tactical training environment for the combat aircrews of Canada's allies.
• NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC), is a highly advanced fighter pilot training program which completely integrates international participation into its design.

• 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron
• 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron
• 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
• 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
• 3 Air Maintenance Squadron
• 410 Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron
• 42 Radar Squadron
• 1 Air Maintenance Squadron
• 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
• 412 Transport Squadron (at Ottawa)
• 437 Transport Squadron
• 440 Transport Squadron (at Yellowknife)
• Canadian Coastal Radar Training
• 12 Air Maintenance Squadron
• 14 Air Maintenance Squadron
• 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron
• 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron (Winnipeg)
• 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron
• BCS Fixed
• 414 Electronic Warfare Squadron

• 10 Field Technical Training Squadron
• 426 Transport Training Squadron
• 406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron
• 404 Long Range Patrol and Training Squadron

• Canadian Forces Aircrew Selection Centre (CFASC)
• 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (2CFFTS)
• 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (3 CFFTS)
• 431 Air Demonstration "Snowbirds" Squadron
• Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE)
• Royal Canadian Air Force Academy (RCAFA)
• Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations (CFSACO)
• Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training (CFSSAT)
• RCAF W/C William G. Barker VC Aerospace College
• 402 Squadron
• Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering (CFSME)
• Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE)
• Canadian Forces Environmental Medicine Establishment (CFEME)
• Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue (CFSSAR)

• Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment (AETE)
• International Training Program
• Contracted Flying Training and Support
• Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre