CF-18 Demonstration Team

The CF-18 Demonstration Team is a flight demonstration team of Royal Canadian Air Force's 1 Canadian Air Division. The team flies McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft at airshows internationally to showcase air combat manoeuvring.^[2] The team consists of a demonstration pilot, three safety pilots, eight technicians (two teams of four, each servicing demonstrations on either the east or west sides of the country), a public affairs officer.^[3] The livery design of the team changes every year to highlight new military milestones or ideas. The team's members are selected from all divisions of the RCAF.^[3] The team's 2024 demonstration pilot is Captain Caleb "Tango" Robert.^[4]

References

^ "RCAF 2014 Demo Jet revealed". Skies Mag. March 27, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
^ Aerophoto, W.G. (2009). Canadian Demo Hornet (in Spanish). Blurb, Incorporated. p. ii. ISBN 978-1-320-02640-6. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
^ ^a ^b "2022 CF-18 Demonstration Team members". canada.ca. Government of Canada. 2022-03-17. Archived from the original on 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
^ "CF-18 Demonstration Team". canada.ca. 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

External links

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[Skies_Mag_2014_p953-1] "RCAF 2014 Demo Jet revealed". Skies Mag. March 27, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2023.

[Aerophoto_2009_p.-2] Aerophoto, W.G. (2009). Canadian Demo Hornet (in Spanish). Blurb, Incorporated. p. ii. ISBN 978-1-320-02640-6. Retrieved 2023-11-20.

[2022Team-3] "2022 CF-18 Demonstration Team members". canada.ca. Government of Canada. 2022-03-17. Archived from the original on 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-07-24.

[canada.ca6-4] "CF-18 Demonstration Team". canada.ca. 2024-01-22. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

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