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ESC SOUT OP [2 records]

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Record 1 2020-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
  • Military Organization
  • Signals (Military)
  • Air Forces
OBS

Operational Support Squadron; OSS: designations to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces (Air Command, Winnipeg).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Transmissions de campagne (Militaire)
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

Escadron de soutien opérationnel; Esc Sout Op : désignations d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes (Commandement aérien, Winnipeg).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Combat Support
  • Air Defence
DEF

An Air Force wing unit that supports expeditionary aerospace operations by force generating trained, equipped and ready-to-deploy elements of operations support personnel in an operations support flight or smaller force packages.

OBS

operations support squadron; ops sp sqn: term, shortened form and definition officially approved by the Aerospace Doctrine Committee (Trenton).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation militaire
  • Soutien au combat
  • Défense aérienne
DEF

Unité d'une escadre de la Force aérienne appuyant des opérations aérospatiales expéditionnaires en mettant sur pied, au sein d'une escadrille de soutien opérationnel ou de formations plus petites, des éléments composés de personnel de soutien opérationnel entraînés, équipés et prêts à être déployés.

OBS

escadron de soutien opérationnel; esc sout op : terme, forme abrégée et définition uniformisés par le Comité de la doctrine aérospatiale (Trenton).

Spanish

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