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NB Aviation Museum Celebrates

100th Anniversary

of the Royal Canadian Air Force
By George Quigley

The New Brunswick Aviation Museum will host an
event on September 14 to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), the 75th
anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO), and the 75th anniversary of the reopening of
RCAF Station/CFB Chatham including the stand up of 421
(F) Squadron, the second Canadian Fighter Squadron to
be reinstated following the Second World War.
Come and explore Chatham's important role in the
history of the RCAF, as a primary training and support
facility, from the Second World War until the 1990s, and
New Brunswick’s important role in NATO and the Cold
War.
Discover our amazing collection of aviation artifacts
and try out our flight simulators. The New Brunswick
Aviation Museum is located in Hangar 6 right next to the Larry Ricker at the controls of the New Brunswick Aviation Museum
replica First World War fighter aircraft, the Nieuport XI.
Miramichi airport main terminal. This interim Museum is
our base of operations, providing a secure home and
exhibition space for our artifact collection, and for our partnership with the Anglophone North School District,
growing fleet of museum aircraft. we focus on STEM goals and outcomes through formal
The Museum celebrates New Brunswick men and classroom programs, outreach and home school offerings.
women who have made a significant contribution to We are a resource for flight training across the province,
military and/or civilian aviation history, at home and and we offer immersive aviation-themed educational
abroad. Through our exhibits, programs and activities, the programs and activities for provincial Air Cadet Squadrons
Museum tells the stories of New Brunswick’s aviation and for students from ASD North and neighbouring school
pioneers and heroes, mentors and role models, from cities, districts.
towns and communities all across the province.
The Museum also offers leading edge aviation and
aerospace educational programs and activities. In

Crest of Canadian
Forces Base Chatham,
1949 to 1996 (formerly
RCAF Station Chatham,
1941 to 1945) Crest of the Royal Canadian Crest of the North Atlantic Treaty
Air Force, 1924 Organization, formed in April 1949

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