Canadian Forces Base Borden
The Canadian Forces Base Borden (CFB Borden) is an Air Force education and training center in Ontario Canada . The site is considered the birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). CFB Borden is the largest training center for the Canadian Armed Forces in Canada. The site is operated by the Canadian Forces Support Training Group (CFSTG) and reports to the Canadian Defense Academy in Kingston.
history
At the height of World War I , the Borden Military Camp, west of Berrie, Ontario, opened in 1916. Soldiers were initially trained on the base to learn how to use military equipment. In 1917 it was expanded to become an airfield and thus a training center for the Royal Canadian Air Force and was accordingly renamed RCAF Station Borden . In 1929 the first aerobatic team, the " Siskins " ( siskins ), was founded at the RCAF station in Borden . In 1938 the base was enlarged in order to be able to settle a tank unit there.
During the Second World War , the base developed into one of the most important education and training centers in Canada, which was used by the Army and the Air Force and operated under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan . The base served as a training center for pilots of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (Norwegian air force) who were trained here.
On February 1, 1968, the Canadian armed forces were restructured. The two site facilities Camp Borden and RCAF Station Borden were regrouped and merged under the name Canadian Forces Base Borden .
Units and facilities
- 16 wing
- Central Ontario Gliding Center (COGC)
- Canadian Forces Recruiting Group HQ (CFRG HQ)
- 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (3 CRPG)
- No. 400 Squadron RCAF
- Regional Cadet Support Unit (Central) (RCSU Central)
- 31 Canadian Forces Health Services Center (31 CFHSC)
- 1 dental unit
- Civilian Human Resources Center (CHRC)
- 700 Communication Squadron (70 Comm Group)
- The Gray and Simcoe Foresters ( 32 Canadian Brigade Group )
Training institutions
- Regional Cadet Instructor School (Central) (RCIS Central)
- Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE)
- Canadian Forces Military Police Academy (CFMPA)
- Canadian Forces Health Services Training Center (CFHSTC)
- Canadian Forces Language School (CFLS)
- Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency Training Center Borden (CFPSA)
- Air Command Academy (ACA)
- Naval Reserve Training Division Borden (NRTD)
- Post Recruit Education Training Center (PRETC)
- Canadian Forces Fire Academy
- Chaplain Branch (Canadian Forces) | Canadian Forces Chaplain School & Center (CFChSC)
- Canadian Forces Nuclear Biological Chemical School (CFNBCS)
- Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics (CFSAL)
- Canadian Forces School of Electrical Mechanical Engineers (CFSEME)
- Canadian Forces Training Development Center (CFTDC)
present
In August 2010, the Canadian Department of Defense announced that the base would be upgraded or modernized for 209 million Canadian dollars.
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Coordinates: 44 ° 16'18 " N , 79 ° 54'45" W.