The RCAF’s newest aircraft is officially wheels up for its first test flight from the Pilatus factory in Switzerland! The CT-157 Siskin II (PC-21) is the new Advanced Flying Training Fixed-Wing aircraft as part of the RCAF’s Future Aircrew Training program. A fleet of 19 of these sophisticated, high-performance aircraft will eventually be used to train the RCAF’s newest pilots at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Video credit: Pilatus | Royal Canadian Air Force

Green light! Back in July, the RCAF took part in Exercise MOBILITY GUARDIAN, an international readiness exercise in the Indo-Pacific region. Check out this video showing an RCAF Hercules and crew participating in an airdrop over The Mariana Islands. Working closely with our partners and Allies from 🇦🇺, 🇫🇷, 🇯🇵, 🇳🇿, 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 on operations, in realistic situations such as #ExMOBILITYGUARDIAN, helps the RCAF maintain the speed, flexibility, and readiness required for agile combat employmen

Check out these highlights from week two of Exercise Maple Flag 50! #RCAF #FriendsPartnersAllies Canadian and multinational aircraft alongside RCAF tactical helicopter squadrons, transporting troops and equipment at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta. #ExMapleFlag: http://bit.ly/22rikkw 🎥 MCpl HJL MacRae and Cpl J Roy, 4 Wing imaging Canadian Armed Forces Canadian Army United States Air Force 4 Wing MFRC - Cold Lake CRFM région de Montréal / MFRC Montreal Region | Royal Canadian Air Force

"We are preparing to deploy on a week-long exercise between the RAF, the Republic of Korea Air Force and the United States Air Force based out of Osan Air Base in South Korea." Officer Commanding No II(AC) Squadron, Wg Cdr Roger Elliott, discusses preparations for first ever Joint Air Exercise with the Republic of Korea. Find out more: http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/raf-typhoon-aircraft-to-visit-republic-of-korea-30092016 | Royal Air Force

✈️🇬🇧 Exercise Cobra Warrior is underway 🇬🇧✈️ We welcome our NATO partners arriving to the UK ahead of Exercise Cobra Warrior, which begins next week. Aircraft and personnel from the German Air Force - Luftwaffe and the Royal Canadian Air Force have touched down in Lincolnshire, joining the Royal Air Force for the UK’s most complex air exercise. Next week, the Italian Air Force Aeronautica Militare and the United States Air Force United States Air Force are set to join the Exercise. Look out

A Royal Canadian Air Force A330 stops by DEN for a refuel on November 24, 2025. | Denver International Airport