PETAWAWA, ON – 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (THS), Royal Canadian Air Force, will receive its Colour – a special, consecrated flag specific to military units – from His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Queen of Canada.
WHERE: Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario
450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Building CC-128
WHEN: 10:30 a.m. (EST), March 24, 2014
PLACE: Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario
450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, Building CC-128
WHO: VIPs attending the ceremony include:
- His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief
ofCanada
- Major-General Richard Foster, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
- Major-General P.F. Wynnyk, Deputy Commander Canadian Army
- Brigadier-General Christian Drouin, Deputy Commander Force Generation, 1 Canadian Air Division
- Brigadier-General O.H. Lavoie, Commander 4th Canadian Division and Joint Task Force Central
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Note to editors: Journalists are asked to arrive at 450 THS Building CC-128 no later than 10 a.m. (EST).
450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron:
Captain Martin Bergeron
Unit Public Affairs Representative
Phone: (613) 687-5511 x3878
Email: martin.Bergeron@forces.gc.ca
1 Wing Headquarters:
Captain John-Hugh MacDonald
Public Affairs Officer
Phone: (613) 541-5010 x8264
Email: John-Hugh.MacDonald@forces.gc.ca
Media Relations:
Department of National Defence
Phone: (613) 996-2353
Toll-Free: 1 866 377-0811
