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Air Transport Command (ATC) was a command of the Canadian Forces created in 1968 upon unification and eliminated in 1975.
Significant dates:[1]
5 August 1943. Formed within Air Force Headquarters as the Directorate of Air Transport Command, Ottawa, Ontario.
5 February 1945. Re-designated No. 9 (Transport) Group, Royal Canadian Air Force, and moved to Rockcliffe, Ontario.
1 April 1948. Elevated to Air Transport Command.
9 August 1951. Moved to RCAF Station Lachine, Quebec.
1 September 1959. Moved to CFB Trenton, Ontario.
1 February 1968. Integrated into the Canadian Armed Forces.
2 September 1975. Air Transport Command was redesignated Air Transport Group.[2]
After 1968 CF ATC was responsible for providing air transport forces (strategic airlift and refueling aircraft) and to command primary air search and rescue forces for Canada and to support bases and units of other commands as directed. ATC was directly responsible for the following bases: CFB Ottawa, CFB Toronto and CFB Trenton.
During its 7 years of operation, CF ATC maintained the following squadrons at the ATC bases and other Canadian Forces air bases:
412 Transport Squadron - CFB Trenton
413 Transport and Rescue Squadron - CFB Greenwood
424 Squadron Transport and Rescue Squadron - CFB Trenton
426 Squadron Transport Training Squadron - CFB Trenton
429 Transport Squadron - CFB Trenton
435 Transport and Rescue Squadron - CFB Winnipeg
436 Transport Squadron - CFB Trenton
437 Squadron Transport Squadron - CFB Trenton
440 Squadron Transport Squadron - CFB Winnipeg
442 Squadron Transport and Rescue Squadron - CFB Comox
ATC operated the following equipment from 1968-1975:
CC-137 Husky
CC-130 Hercules
CC-109 Cosmopolitan
CC-117 Falcon
CC-115 Buffalo
CH-113 Labrador
CC-138 Twin Otter
^http://jfchalifoux.com/rcaf_higher_formations_and_reserve_units.htm, accessed November 2012.
^"The Post War | Timeline - the Modern Era | History | RCAF | DND/CF". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
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