4 Wing Cold Lake

Auf Wacht ("On Watch")
Significance: Argent, an ogress charged with a bar wavy Azure edged Or and surmounted by three tilting lances palewise Argent with pennants per fess Sable and Argent flying to the sinister.
4 Wing Cold Lake is the busiest fighter base in Canada. It provides general purpose, multi-role, combat capable forces in support of domestic and international roles of Canada's Air Force.
4 Wing Cold Lake is, without question, the home of the fighter pilot. It not only hosts Canada's world-class tactical fighter force training, but also deploys and supports fighter aircraft at a moments notice to fulfill the domestic and international roles of Canada's Air Force.
As an international Centre of Excellence for tactical fighter operations, deployable combat support and leading edge training, 4 Wing focuses on people, leadership, innovation and technology.
Two operational CF-18 Squadrons and two training squadrons, including Phase IV of NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC), and numerous premier support units, make 4 Wing Canada's largest and busiest fighter wing. As such, 4 Wing has some of the best and most sought after amenities in the world, including an almost unrestricted 1.17 million hectare air weapons range equipped with state-of-the-art threats and targets.
It is the vast array of support facilities and amenities that make Cold Lake exercises so attractive and successful including the annual Maple Flag Exercise, which draws international participation and continues to expand each year.
Read about the history of 4 Wing Cold Lake.
- 401 Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron
- 410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron
- 417 Combat Support Squadron
- 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
- 1 Air Maintenance Squadron
- 42 Radar Squadron
- 10 Field Technical Training Squadron
- 4 Wing Air Reserve Flight
- Forward Operating Location Inuvik
- Forward Operating Location Yellowknife
Contact information
4 Wing Cold Lake
PO Box 6550 Stn Forces
Cold Lake AB T9M 2C6
Public Affairs Officer
Telephone: 780-840-8000 ext. 8121
Fax: 780-840-7300
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