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canadian navy . da defence s fleet of alpha jets and westwind special mission aircraft join canadian and allied ships and aircraft conducting asw training off the coast of nova scotia and newfoundland . as a highly experienced combat support provider to the canadian armed forces da defence aircraft and crews flew more than 180 sorties on various missions including anti ship warfare training electronic warfare threat replication and target tow . da defence participates in exercise cutlass fury 16 over the atlantic yellowknife community foundation receives 19k donation after gsh anniversary event on april 2 2016 gsh hosted their 32nd anniversary event in yellowknife nt . an estimated 1 100 people were at the event and many were provided flights around the city as part of the event . a total of 9 671 was raised from these flights and discovery air matched the donation giving a total of 19 342 to the yellowknife community foundation . photo credit yellowknife community foundation . yellowknife community foundation receives 19k donation after gsh anniversary event da defence completes successful deployment in support of royal canadian navy and the florida air national guard da defence recently deployed its dornier alpha jets and westwind special mission aircraft with the royal canadian navy rcn and the florida air national guard to exercise eagle claw 2016 off the coast of florida . da defence completes deployment in support of royal canadian navy and the florida air national guard da defence completes successful deployment in support of rcaf at exercise combat archer da defence the world s largest provider of tactical adversary services recently deployed with royal canadian air force cf 18s to exercise combat archer at tyndall air force base . a discovery air defence alpha jet taxis with cf 18 and f 15 at tyndall afb on exercise combat archer . photo by da defence . da defence completes successful deployment at exercise combat archer discovery air defence achieves 55 000 hours of air combat training excellence discovery air defence services inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of discovery air inc. has recently achieved 55 000 hours of airborne training services for the canadian armed forces german armed forces and other air forces worldwide . this new milestone marks da defence s continuous commitment as a trusted and proven provider of air combat training to canadian and international customers . da defence achieves 55 000 hours of air combat training excellence welcome to discovery air discovery air is a global leader in specialty aviation services . we deliver exceptional air combat training medevac equipped aircraft services airborne fire services air charter services helicopter operations and transport and logistics support to ensure operational readiness health safety and vital lifelines for our clients and the communities we serve . did you know ... that discovery aviation academy provided training in 2013 for the air cadet power pilot scholarship program ... that air tindi s jason pineau placed first in the category best of the best in aviation week s 2012 art and photography issue an annual worldwide photo competition this year there were roughly 900 entries from 108 photographers . congratulations jason jason s winning photo was taken in september 2011 on point lake nwt and is a panoramic shot which means it s actually 5 photos stitched together . ... the fighter weapons instructor course fwic is the highly selective canadian top gun course for fighter pilots . based out of cold lake alberta the prestigious five month program accepts up to eight 8 students a year . the top gun course is designed to train already experienced fighter pilots at the graduate level in all aspects of strike fighter aircraft employment which includes tactics hardware techniques and the current world threat for air to air and air to ground missions . did you know that in addition to employing many fwic graduates discovery air defence also supports the course today by presenting real world adversary threats for the current course in locations all across america ... that gsh added a bk117 d2 to its fleet in 2013 the bk117 joined gsh s large fleet of aircraft in supporting a variety of missions including natural resource exploration passenger transportation wildlife survey and ecological tourism utility construction and maintenance and air ambulance and remote medevac response . ... that discovery air defence opened a new engine test cell facility in bagotville quebec in june 2013 using a larzac c6 c20 engine test cell this transport canada approved facility allows dads technicians to maintain repair and overhaul our alpha jet engines ensuring the highest level of safety and serviceability . read more feature video da defence takes off two of da defence s alpha jets take off on a flight between trois rivieres and bagotville . other videos discovery air news 27 09 16 5 50 pm discovery air defence participates in exercise cutlass fury 16 over the atlantic montreal september 27 2016 discovery air defence services inc. da defence a wholly owned subsidiary of discovery air inc. ... 09 09 16 5 59 pm discovery air defence achieves 60 000 hours of air combat training excellence worldwide montreal september 9 2016 discovery air defence services inc. da defence a wholly owned subsidiary of discovery air inc. a. . . more news aviation news top of page a discovery air company 2010 discovery air terms and conditions privacy contact us about us powered by fuego fuego digital media