General Information
9 Wing Gander Badge
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9 Wing's badge shows a Canada gander in front of a sun. The gander represents the station, and the Aircraft operating from this station flew eastward toward the sun in splendour.
Motto
The Wing Motto "ALIS VOLANT PROPRIIS" means "He flies with his own wings."
9 Wing Commanding Officer
Lieutenant-Colonel C.M. Conway, CD
9 Wing Gander is located in central Newfoundland, Canada's most easterly province. You will find us just north of the Trans Canada Highway adjacent to Gander International Airport. It's only a five-minute walk from the International Airport Terminal to the main gate of 9 Wing/CFB Gander and 3 kms to the town proper.
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CFS Leitrim Det Gander, a lodger unit, is situated approximately 8.5 kms northeast of 9 Wing.
Weather
Check out the local daily forecast of 9 Wing Gander.
Silent Witness Memorial
The Silent Witness Memorial was erected to commemorate the tragic Arrow Jetliner crash of 1985 that took the lives of 248 American service persons and 8 civilian crew members.
Aircraft flown at 9 Wing
Among its many roles, 9 Wing Gander is responsible for providing search and rescue services throughout Newfoundland and Labrador as well as northeastern Quebec. Crews of 103 Search and Rescue Squadron are on 24-hour standby, ready to answer the call in one of the busiest search and rescue regions in Canada.
103 Squadron also offers transient Aircraft servicing to visiting Canadian Forces and allied Aircraft as requested.
9 Wing includes 9 Air Reserve Augmentation Flight. It augments and support the operations, administrative and technical functions of the base. Its Airfield Engineers Flight provides trained engineer reservists from various trades to support UN and Canadian Forces deployments worldwide.
The Wing is also host to Lietrim Detachment which operates and maintains signals intelligence. 9 Wing Telecommunications provides all military units at Gander with message transmission and reception services.
In addition, the Wing operates and maintains a Canadian Coastal Radar on behalf of Fighter Group Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters.
As the principal military establishment in Newfoundland, the Wing supports Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Detachment Corner Brook, 41 various Cadet Corps and maintains armories at Grand Falls-Windsor, Corner Brook and Stephenville.
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