• Community Council represents RHU residents

    Community Council represents RHU residents

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    The 14 Wing Greenwood Community Council’s main functions are to conduct activities of interest to the community, provide a voice concerning matters of the Residential Housing Units residents, provide a channel of communication between the wing and RHU residents, and to make recommendations to improve welfare, safety and comfort of the RHU area. The Community…

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  • Off the back of a Herc

    Off the back of a Herc

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    14 Wing Greenwood’s 413 (Transport and Rescue) Squadron crews got in a nice day’s training June 6 over the ZX airfield and nearby lakes: flying, jumping, putting skills and gear to work. Practice means professional, when SAR personnel are called out to bring search, medical and evacuation resources into an emergency scene.

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  • Always time for special museum visitors…

    Always time for special museum visitors…

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    Two careers’ worth of stories were swapped in a morning’s tour of the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum July 2, as museum society chairman Royal Canadian Air Force Major General (retired) Ian Patrick hosted visiting United States Air Force Colonel (retired) Loran Gierhart, from Texas. The former military pilots compared aircraft flown, bases and airfields they’d…

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  • Cancer challenge motivates Valley cyclist

    Cancer challenge motivates Valley cyclist

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    For Marie Johnstone, cancer has “hit too close to home, too often.” She has dedicated the last four years to raising funds for the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) through the Great Cycle Challenge Canada. “I think I started because my daughter, Angela’s best friend at school died of cancer and, being so close to…

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  • 14 MSS team marks birthday (a chance to eat cake!)

    14 MSS team marks birthday (a chance to eat cake!)

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    It has been seven years since 14 Mission Support Squadron (MSS) first stood up, June 29, 2017. To commemorate the reorganized squadron’s “birthday,” 14 MSS’ commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Shawn McGeown, invited all past and present members to the Annapolis Mess June 27 to celebrate with a slice of beautifully decorated cake. The cake, carefully prepared…

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