22 Wing participates in coalition exercise

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Members of 22 Wing hosted the 21st Coalition Virtual Flag Exercise from October 24 to November 5, involving Canadian, American, Australian and British forces.

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The international synthetic exercise replicates the operations on the battlefield.

This was the fourth time the exercise had been conducted from 22 Wing.

The Coalition Virtual Flag exercise takes place in a virtual environment designed to prepare combatants for combat situations. It is part of an annual coalition training opportunity that allows participants to experience air, land, sea, space and cyber defense operations, using simulations and virtual technologies in a cost effective manner.

“Using simulations and virtual technology, aerospace controllers and aerospace control operators can exercise wartime combat management skills with coalition partners on a scale that would not be practical otherwise,” said Colonel Mark Lachapelle, Commander of the Canadian Air Defense Sector.

The Wing “offered personnel the opportunity to practice in a state-of-the-art command and control training center, working alongside other members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, military and military. Canada, the US Air Force and the United States Marine. Corps that formed the control and reporting center, ”said Major Shaun Hyland, Exercise and Event Management Coordinator at the Royal Canadian Air Force Aerospace Warfare Center.

The exercise provides members of 22 Wing / CFB North Bay the opportunity to train to be responsive, resilient and adaptable in a simulated combat environment and to network with Canada’s allies as part of an international operation through virtual technology.

Members of 22 Wing were reinforced by a member of 12 Radar Squadron (3 Wing Bagotville) for the exercise.

It is the largest and most complex virtual exercise in which the RCAF participates, providing extensive training opportunities on various simulation systems for training purposes. The training vignettes focus on the unit’s tactical objectives and the operational level.