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CFB Rivers

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CFB Rivers was a Royal Canadian Air Force base located southwest of Rivers, Manitoba (northwest of Brandon), Canada at the junction of Manitoba Highway 25 (PTH 25) and Manitoba Provincial Road 259 (PR 259). [1]

17 relations: Brandon, Manitoba, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Canada Flight Supplement, Canadian Airborne Regiment, Canadian Army, CFB Shearwater, For the Moment (film), Manitoba, Manitoba Highway 25, Nova Scotia, Oo-za-we-kwun Centre, Rivers, Manitoba, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Russell Crowe, Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron.

Brandon, Manitoba

Brandon is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), or Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) often referred to as simply "The Plan", was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the Second World War.

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Canada Flight Supplement

The Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) (Supplément de vol Canada) is a joint civil/military publication and is a supplement of the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP Canada).

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Canadian Airborne Regiment

The Canadian Airborne Regiment (Régiment aéroporté canadien) was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968.

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (French: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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CFB Shearwater

Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, commonly referred to as CFB Shearwater, is a Canadian Forces Base located east southeast of Shearwater, Nova Scotia on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

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For the Moment (film)

For the Moment is a 1993 film written and directed by Aaron Kim Johnston and starring Russell Crowe and Christianne Hirt. The plot revolves around airmen training in rural Manitoba, Canada, with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War. The main focus of the story is the wartime romance between Russell Crowe's character and a local girl. Johnston was inspired to write the screenplay based upon the stories of his father who was an instructor and bomber pilot in the war, and his mother's experiences as a young woman on the home front.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.

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Manitoba Highway 25

Provincial Trunk Highway 25 (PTH 25) is a very short east-west highway that runs from PR 259 in Wheatland, east through Rivers and terminates at PTH 10 four miles north of Forrest.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Oo-za-we-kwun Centre

The Oo-za-we-kwun Centre at Rivers, Manitoba, Canada, was a vocational training center for Canadian First Nations people located on the abandoned Canadian Forces Base Rivers.

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Rivers, Manitoba

Rivers is an unincorporated urban community in the Riverdale Municipality within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held town status prior to January 1, 2015.

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Royal Canadian Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air force of Canada.

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Royal Canadian Navy

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; French: Marine royale canadienne) is the naval force of Canada.

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Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, film producer and musician.

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Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces

The unification of the Canadian Armed Forces took place on 1 February 1968, when the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force were merged to form the Canadian Armed Forces.

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408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron

408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron (408e Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères) is a unit of 1 Wing, Kingston.

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Canadian Forces Base Rivers, RCAF Station Rivers.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFB_Rivers

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