{"id":98764,"date":"2017-04-18T02:33:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T06:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=98764"},"modified":"2017-04-18T02:33:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T06:33:33","slug":"edmonton-helicopter-squad-heads-to-iraq-to-replace-quebec-squadron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/18\/edmonton-helicopter-squad-heads-to-iraq-to-replace-quebec-squadron\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton helicopter squad heads to Iraq to replace Quebec squadron"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98765\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15253413_1966436583583534_1402642100960379694_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98765\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15253413_1966436583583534_1402642100960379694_n.jpg\" alt=\"The Canadian military has deployed 60 members of an Edmonton-based helicopter squadron to Iraq as part of Operation Impact, a mission to fight Islamic State militants in the country's north. (Photo: Canadian Armed Forces\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15253413_1966436583583534_1402642100960379694_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15253413_1966436583583534_1402642100960379694_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15253413_1966436583583534_1402642100960379694_n-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Canadian military has deployed 60 members of an Edmonton-based helicopter squadron to Iraq as part of Operation Impact, a mission to fight Islamic State militants in the country&#8217;s north. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CanadianForces\/photos\/p.1966436583583534\/1966436583583534\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=AbrYZo_yxwYrVCvpJZOlkk9sc3coBzxZhslEcR7QkgFx4Ec4ZzBsQi26x72mbysSdiUIDFF7KQ61idy-jUcECnpJZm7EnuR59ZpI7pLO3aRGTz88HcLiPw4zzTeTaYCr2qgj6U2HclZUwA9gYa5cKtu4kEikXZfU5czKWRqGE1ybJNYG6g6kyc-SLwpxY0uxbTX3RnpvU0HgrIjR2uUvrGycmkXBYdPOa6_ZbzwAEAibl70kDSRj_t3O5uDqOoa0jat2G8IFFyyRihKLh6mS_2hmCArSpIPuJoEOuYFIicLDq00YbvCgtv87Egcl0IA2SQZkete4kgedOiL7c2ZyfipcYj_ukjA-ZKGYBbZNzPTRpXrPKRjejS5KPNUqAh3btKOThwVJMR_IusRzu5sqS4WUyqVQ8XL5SiYT9n01BCnxqw&amp;theater\">Canadian Armed Forces\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>EDMONTON \u2014 The Canadian military has deployed 60 members of an Edmonton-based helicopter squadron to Iraq as part of Operation Impact, a mission to fight Islamic State militants in the country&#8217;s north.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of National Defence says the Royal Canadian Air Force&#8217;s 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron will take over from their counterparts from Valcartier, Que., who have been providing tactical support since October 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The 408 squadron operates out of 3rd Canadian Division Support Base in Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>They will fly and maintain up to four CH-146 Griffon helicopters at Camp Erable near Erbil, Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Maj.-Gen. Christian Drouin, commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, says the squadron will provide support to both Canadian and coalition partners.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently 830 Canadian military personnel based in both Iraq and Kuwait as part of Operation Impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe men and women of 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron will continue to provide agile, reliable and dedicated service that Canada&#8217;s Special Operations Forces and our coalition allies have come to expect from the RCAF,\u201d Col. Jeannot Boucher, commander 1 Wing, said in a news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2014 The Canadian military has deployed 60 members of an Edmonton-based helicopter squadron to Iraq as part of Operation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":98765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[18057],"class_list":["post-98764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-canadian-military","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}