Air Force flexes muscles

Friday July 27, 2012

The Royal Canadian Air Force displayed its hardware in Whitehorse as part of Operation Northern Reach to increase awareness of the air force’s capabilities in the North.

AIRSHOW001 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 1 The Royal Canadian Air Force brought Operation Northern Reach, a tour of the Northwest Territories and Yukon, to the Erik Nielsen International Airport in Whitehorse on Wednesday. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW002 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 2 Spectators watch the skies for RCAF aircraft. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW003 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 3 Canadian Forces' Skyhawks parachute team members perform a precision jump. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW004 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 4 A CP-140 Aurora surveillance aircraft flies over the crowd. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW005 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 5 Photographer Christian Kuntz and model Odessa Beatty use a CC-130 Hercules for an impromptu photo shoot. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW006 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 6 Search-and-Rescue technician Master Cpl. Morgan Biderman parachutes into the demonstration zone after jumping from a CC-115 Buffalo. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW007 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 7 Search-and-Rescue technician Master Cpl. Morgan Biderman gets a congratulatory hug from a cadet after a successful parachute jump into the demonstration zone. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW008 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 8 Spectators wave to the crew of a CH-146 Griffon helicopter. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW009 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 9 A Search-and-Rescue technician is lifted by a winch to a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter during a rescue demonstration. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW010 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 10 Kids scramble around in the cockpit of a CC-130 Hercules. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW011 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 11 Thierry Leveille sits in the pilot's seat of a CH-124 Sea King helicopter. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW012 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 12 Jonathan Bergsma learns how to pack a parachute from Cpl. Michel St-Pierre of the Canadian Forces Skyhawks parachute team. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW013 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 13 Jan Zumer-Brewis holds onto his sunglasses as he watches the Snowbirds fly in formation. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW015 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 14 Capt. Jason Danyluk explains the controls of the CC-130 Hercules. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW016 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 15 Search and Rescue technician Sgt. Dan Vellet poses for photographs with the public after parachuting in to the demonstration zone. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

AIRSHOW017 (Ian Stewart/Yukon News) — 16 Two CF-18 Hornets from CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, fly over the Whitehorse crowd. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News)

2 Comments

Jane wrote:

11:50pm Tuesday July 31, 2012

Beautiful

G. Widney wrote:

5:55am Saturday July 28, 2012

Nice!! My Husband and my son ( orange shirt and red shirt ) r in this picture waving at the plane!! nice picture thanks guys

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