RCAF officially withdraws CF-18 from Operation IMPACT

Posted on March 7, 2016March 7, 2016 by alert5

Canada has officially withdraw its CF-18 fighters from the Air Task Force-Iraq mission on Mar. 5. Commander Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt. Gen. Michael Hood, presided over the parade in Kuwait.

An aircraft technician from Air Task Force – Iraq inspects the nose landing gear of a CF-188 Hornet aircraft at the Camp Patrice Vincent flight line, in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT on December 11, 2015. Photo: OP IMPACT, DND KW02-2015-0397-004 — An aircraft technician from Air Task Force – Iraq inspects the nose landing gear of a CF-188 Hornet aircraft at the Camp Patrice Vincent flight line, in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT on December 11, 2015.
Photo: OP IMPACT, DND
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One CC-150T Polaris and two CP-140s are remaining in Kuwait as par of Canada’s contribution to Operation IMPACT.