RCAF unveils CF-18 Demonstration jet for 2016 season

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) unveiled its CF-18 Demonstration Jet for its 2016 season at Wing 4 on Apr. 5.

The CF-18 Demonstration Jet is unveiled during a ceremony at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on 5 April, 2016. Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-002 Le CF-18 de démonstration est dévoilé pendant une cérémonie tenue à la 4e Escadre de Cold Lake, en Alberta, le 5 avril 2016. Photo Caporal Bryan Carter, Imagerie de la 4e Escadre Cold Lake (Alberta), CK05-2016-0278-002 — The CF-18 Demonstration Jet is unveiled during a ceremony at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on 5 April, 2016.
Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-002
Le CF-18 de démonstration est dévoilé pendant une cérémonie tenue à la 4e Escadre de Cold Lake, en Alberta, le 5 avril 2016.
Photo Caporal Bryan Carter, Imagerie de la 4e Escadre Cold Lake (Alberta), CK05-2016-0278-002

This year, the team decided to honor the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) and the 75th anniversary of the establishment of RCAF’s 400-series squadrons.

Left to Right: Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Alain Roy, the 4 Wing Cold Lake’s CWO, Colonel Eric Kenny, 4 Wing Cold Lake’s Base Commander, Mr. Jim Belliveau, design and paint crew lead, and Captain Ryan Kean, the CF-18 Demonstration pilot, during the CF-18 Demonstration Jet unveiling ceremony held at Hangar 2, 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on April 5, 2016. Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-004 — Left to Right: Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Alain Roy, the 4 Wing Cold Lake’s CWO, Colonel Eric Kenny, 4 Wing Cold Lake’s Base Commander, Mr. Jim Belliveau, design and paint crew lead, and Captain Ryan Kean, the CF-18 Demonstration pilot, during the CF-18 Demonstration Jet unveiling ceremony held at Hangar 2, 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, on April 5, 2016.
Image by: Cpl Bryan Carter, 4 Wing Imaging, CK04-2016-0278-004

It was Article XV of the BCATP agreement that lead to the formation of these squadrons in 1941.