444 Combat Support Squadron is an Air Force unit with the Canadian Armed Forces. Based at CFB Goose Bay, it provides helicopter support to the base operations.
| 444 Combat Support Squadron | |
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| Founded | 1 April 1993 |
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| Role | Rescue |
| Part of | 5 Wing |
| Garrison/HQ | CFB Goose Bay |
| Motto(s) | STRIKE SWIFT STRIKE SURE |
| Commanders | |
| Commanding Officer | Major Erin Pratt |
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| Helicopter | CH-146 Griffon |
444 Fighter Squadron was formed in March 1953 at CFB St. Hubert, Quebec and moved to CFB Baden-Soellingen in West Germany.[1]
Disbanded 1967, it was re-formed as 444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at CFB Lahr, West Germany in 1972 as part of Canadian Forces Europe until 1991 and again in CFB Goose Bay in 1993.[2]
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