Master Corporal Brendan Byrne

West Coast Deputy Crew Chief, CF-18 Demonstration Team

Master Corporal (MCpl) Brendan Byrne, originally from Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 2011 after graduating from Nova Scotia Community College. After completing his Basic Military Qualification (BMQ) and Basic Occupational Qualification Training, he was posted to 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta, in 2013. In 2015 he moved to 1 Air Maintenance Squadron (AMS) for periodic maintenance for a year until he was posted to 410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron in 2016, where he would spend the next 6 years at 4 Wing’s busiest squadron, maintaining the CF-18 Hornet in support of pilot training at home with numerous training deployments to the United States.

In 2022 MCpl Byrne was posted back to his original unit, 409 TFS, where he continues to mentor new technicians entering the fleet and maintaining the CF-18 Hornet keeping it ready to meet operational commitments.