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OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRCRAFT [4 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Accommodation (Military)
OBS

The Centre provides operational support and training for the Aurora Aircraft fleet : All Canadian air crews, navigation and technical personnel posted to the Aurora Fleet are trained in this facility.

OBS

The Centre is located at Canadian Forces Base Greenwood.

Key term(s)
  • Hornell Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Logement (Militaire)
OBS

Le centre Hornell [...] a été construit en 1979 [...] Le 404e Escadron de patrouille et d'entraînement maritime, le 14e Escadron de génie logiciel et les Opérations de l'Escadre sont les principaux occupants du bâtiment.

OBS

Le centre est à la Base des Forces canadiennes Greenwood.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Logistics
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Air Forces
CONT

An OSA provides time-sensitive air transport of high-priority passengers and cargo between and within theaters of war.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logistique militaire
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Air Forces
DEF

An aircraft maintenance unit reporting directly to a wing commander and responsible for a range of maintenance functions in support of one or more operational/training squadrons or other units supported by that wing.

OBS

air maintenance squadron; AMS: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Forces aériennes
DEF

Unité de maintenance des aéronefs relevant directement d'un commandant d'escadre et responsable d'une gamme de fonctions de maintenance à l'appui d'un ou de plusieurs escadrons opérationnels ou de formation ou autres unités qui fait partie de cette escadre.

OBS

escadron de maintenance (air); EMA : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

The proportion of combat forces to administrative/logistic support in a nation’s armed forces and in specific military organizations, such as divisions, air wings, and fleets.

OBS

"Teeth" refers to the fighting forces--the ships, aircraft, tanks, and personnel who will wage war and carry out other operational missions. "Tail" represents the infrastructure--military bases, health care and daycare benefits, environmental cleanup, the defense industrial base, and all the other enormous support and logistical resources that undergird fighting forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
CONT

Il est vrai que l'OTAN jouit d'une supériorité numérique pour les forces terrestres déployées au contact immédiat du rideau de fer. Mais une forte proportion de ces troupes sert au [soutien logistique (la «queue» par opposition aux troupes de combat les «dents»)], car l'OTAN doit défendre collectivement une zone très étendue et qui ne constitue pas, comme le Pacte de Varsovie, un bloc géographique. Les forces armées soviétiques ont ainsi toujours bénéficié d'un ratio supérieur de troupes combattantes par rapport au personnel de soutien logistique (le ratio «dents-queue».).

Spanish

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