The RCAF’s newest aircraft is officially wheels up for its first test flight from the Pilatus factory in Switzerland! The CT-157 Siskin II (PC-21) is the new Advanced Flying Training Fixed-Wing aircraft as part of the RCAF’s Future Aircrew Training program. A fleet of 19 of these sophisticated, high-performance aircraft will eventually be used to train the RCAF’s newest pilots at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Video credit: Pilatus | Royal Canadian Air Force

Green light! Back in July, the RCAF took part in Exercise MOBILITY GUARDIAN, an international readiness exercise in the Indo-Pacific region. Check out this video showing an RCAF Hercules and crew participating in an airdrop over The Mariana Islands. Working closely with our partners and Allies from 🇦🇺, 🇫🇷, 🇯🇵, 🇳🇿, 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 on operations, in realistic situations such as #ExMOBILITYGUARDIAN, helps the RCAF maintain the speed, flexibility, and readiness required for agile combat employmen

During Exercise Eastern Breeze, held from August 25 to September 12 at CFB Bagotville, the 417 (Cold Lake, AB), 439 (Bagotville, QC), and 444 (Goose Bay, NL) Combat Support Squadrons honed their search and rescue techniques. These realistic training scenarios help teams enhance their effectiveness and coordination, ensuring they can respond swiftly when every second counts. ⏱️ 🚁 | Royal Canadian Air Force

✈️🇬🇧 Exercise Cobra Warrior is underway 🇬🇧✈️ We welcome our NATO partners arriving to the UK ahead of Exercise Cobra Warrior, which begins next week. Aircraft and personnel from the German Air Force - Luftwaffe and the Royal Canadian Air Force have touched down in Lincolnshire, joining the Royal Air Force for the UK’s most complex air exercise. Next week, the Italian Air Force Aeronautica Militare and the United States Air Force United States Air Force are set to join the Exercise. Look out

A Royal Canadian Air Force A330 stops by DEN for a refuel on November 24, 2025. | Denver International Airport

Royal Canadian Air Force - Boeing C-17A Globemaster III | RVA Aviation