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Fort McAndrew. Fort Mississauga. Fort Pepperrell. Fort Plaisance. Fort Point, Newfoundland and Labrador. Fort Royal (Newfoundland) Fort Townshend (St John's) Fort Waldegrave, Newfoundland and Labrador. Fort William, Newfoundland.
Canadian Forces base. A Canadian Forces base or CFB (French: base des Forces canadiennes, BFC) is a military installation of the Canadian Armed Forces. For a facility to qualify as a Canadian Forces base, it must station one or more major units (e.g., army regiments, navy ships, air force wings). Minor installations are named Canadian Forces ...
N. Canadian Forces bases in New Brunswick (5 P) Canadian Forces bases in Newfoundland and Labrador (9 P) Canadian Forces bases in the Northwest Territories (2 P) Canadian Forces bases in Nova Scotia (11 P) Canadian Forces bases in Nunavut (5 P)
The United States Army Corps of Engineers built two runways at the base, 03/21 and 12/30, both 2,100 m (6,890 ft) long and Canada's longest at the time. [10] The Americans ran the Namao airfield until the end of the war when the Canadian Government took it over.
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [ 3 ]
Originally, Canada was thought to have had the third-largest navy in the world, but with the fall of the Soviet Union, new data based on Japanese and Soviet sources found that to be incorrect. [24] Since 1947, Canadian military units have participated in more than 200 operations worldwide, and completed 72 international operations.
5,000 ft (1,500 m) Asphalt concrete. Ernest Harmon Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The base was built by the United States Army Air Forces in 1941 under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement with the United Kingdom. From its establishment in 1941 until March 31, 1949, the ...
Source: Canada Flight Supplement [ 1 ] Environment Canada [ 2 ] 5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Gagetown, [ 3 ] is a large Canadian Forces Base covering an area over 1,100 km 2 (420 sq mi), [ 4 ] located in southwestern New Brunswick. It is the biggest facility in Eastern ...