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Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, commonly referred to as
CFB Greenwood, is a
Canadian Forces Base located in
Greenwood,
Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by
Canadian Forces Air Command and is one of two bases in the country using the
CP-140 Aurora and
CP-140A Arcturus anti-submarine/maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft. Its primary lodger unit is 14 Wing.
CFB Greenwood's airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, primarily
general aviation, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as
Greenwood Airport.
The use of the airport by scheduled domestic and international flights is currently restricted to military aircraft only.
Present operations
Today CFB Greenwood remains Canada's largest operational air force base on the Atlantic coast, based on numbers of aircraft and personnel. The following aircraft types are permanently stationed at the base:
Together with
CFB Gander and
CFB Goose Bay, CFB Greenwood is presently being used as a forward deployment base for
CF-188 Hornet fighter/interceptor aircraft rotating in from
CFB Bagotville as part of
NORAD's post-
9/11 response to concerns about civilian airline security along North America's east coast.
CFB Greenwood also hosts a
Royal Canadian Air Cadets summer training centre, CSTC Greenwood.
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