From CFB Baggotville, Quebec: IMG_0964mod001.jpg (1/1)

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:19:00 +0000, Square Wheels is writing:


Nope, I have no idea what it is, except very, very big!

Hey, I'm just a car dude, lurking and learning!


SW



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Square Wheels wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:19:00 +0000, Square Wheels is writing:


Nope, I have no idea what it is, except very, very big!

Looks like a USAF C17.

Yep! Except that this one belongs to the Canadian Air Force. Check out the
markings . . .

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Square Wheels wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:19:00 +0000, Square Wheels is writing:


Nope, I have no idea what it is, except very, very big!

Looks like a USAF C17.

Jacques & Laurie wrote:
Yep! Except that this one belongs to the Canadian Air Force. Check out the
markings . . .

Yeah, I noticed that in a later picture.

From the Boeing web site:
.... the Canadian government's ordered in 2007 four C-17 Globemaster IIIs,
the first two of which already are in service with Canadian Forces.
"A high-wing, 4-engine, T-tailed military-transport aircraft, the
multi-service C-17 can carry large equipment, supplies and troops directly
to small airfields in harsh terrain anywhere in the world day or night.
The massive, sturdy, long-haul aircraft tackles distance, destination and
heavy, oversized payloads in unpredictable conditions. It has delivered
cargo in every worldwide operation since the 1990s."


On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:59:14 -0500, Jacques & Laurie
wrote:

Yep! Except that this one belongs to the Canadian Air Force. Check out
the
markings . . .

"David Hartung" wrote in message
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Square Wheels wrote:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:19:00 +0000, Square Wheels is writing:


Nope, I have no idea what it is, except very, very big!

Looks like a USAF C17.





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"Jacques & Laurie" wrote in message
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Yep! Except that this one belongs to the Canadian Air Force. Check out the
markings . . .

Canadian Armed Forces, not "Canadian Air Force."
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc...lse&noCo okie
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Xcuse me! . . .

Did you also know that CFB Bagotville was also referred to as "BAG Town"?
I have come to know it as such because every service man that I knew in
Canada called it as such. Endearing term, if you wish . . .

As far as I was concerned, I served with the "Air Force" in Canada
(1972-1977) even though WE all wore GREEN. Remember those days?

Jacques
(former corporal, CANADIAN AIR FORCE)



"Andrew Chaplin" wrote in message
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"Jacques & Laurie" wrote in message
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Yep! Except that this one belongs to the Canadian Air Force. Check out
the markings . . .

Canadian Armed Forces, not "Canadian Air Force."
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowDoc...lse&noCo okie
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)

Jacques & Laurie wrote:


Jacques
(former corporal, CANADIAN AIR FORCE)



Yep. My brother inlaw calls it the "Air Force". He is still in.

"The Visitor" wrote in message
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Jacques & Laurie wrote:


Jacques
(former corporal, CANADIAN AIR FORCE)



Yep. My brother inlaw calls it the "Air Force". He is still in.

It's an "air force" to be sure, just not the "Air Force".
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