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which, to fix the positions, of the .

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RCAF started a ‘program:-in’ 1949 |
to survey Canada’ by. means. of
SHORAN-—an electronic distance

ing the Second World’ War as a
navigational aid for. pin-pointing.
blind bombings. By. 1957, after
having: surveyed an area of/more -
than four: miilion. ‘square - “miles
‘of: Canada's. vaat- expanse,” the
Jattice-work. of: ‘known, “positions
was completed. 0.”
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‘In 1948 | - the: RCAF | “broke
through into the jet age.when it
received. its “first. Vampire jets.
Afso in this same. period the Air
Foree took delivery of the North
Star alreraft. Barly in 1649, one
lof these long-range transports
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to Halifax. Its flying time for
ithe trip was 8 hours 32 minutes.

in 1949 the RCAF. began. ex-
panding to meet “changing. cir-
cumstances”, and NEW, fuel was
added to this expansion program
‘| following the outbreak of war in
Korea. The RCAF’s training ele-
ment found itee faced with a
Vaal new task, being called upon
to train alreand ground crew to
man the rapidly expanding air
force. - Not only was it given the
job of increasing’ ite training
facilities, which: meants.. finding
large numbers of expericti¢gd in-
alructors, to enible the service
to more than triple its man-
prwer total, but it was directed
1 ready itwelf! to undertake the
training. of thowands of alrcrew
from other NATO nations ay part.
fat Cantda's mutaal aid contri-
bution. From 1650, until 1958.
when ceremonies at Winnipeg
riatked the Lermination of the
cirgina) NATO atrcrew training
program. more thas 3,500 pilots
abd vhiervera from 10 NATO
countries Nad been trained by
the RCAF,

At the same time, the expan-
los of the RCAP saw emphanis
plared an the bullding of home-
based forces for Che aerial pro-
eeien of Canada and North
Americs. In the spring of 1953
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it ald Wo algeraft tn dletenna
Within Ue continental lonte ot:
Canada aod ite approucher on |
woth the east art weat connate,
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trea in Canadian coastal Walorn i
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(ath ba where they could not be}
handled by commercial planes,
In the teld of aerial photo: |
@taphy the RCAF carried ita!
opetalions northward Into the |
Area until {inally, by 1958, tho!
whole of Canada had been
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Ada War SleO placed on the bulld-
ine of an oarly warning and ine
jWerceytar control syatem.

The firat phiae of this network
(wan completed In 1954 when the
Jainily Dullt Plaeteee Line be-
tame operational, Two othar
warning Unes went into opera-
Hore In [OS Tmt hye Mid-Canada
line, built and operated by Can-
adn and extending roughly slony
(he 44th parallel, and the Distant
randy Warning Ling, built by the
ON, and oxtending along = the
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fivet military alr school in hana
and will provide Instruction
On Various planes Including Jota.

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in In Acorn, Bhatkal

previously un-
mtn and) charted or-poorly charted terri.
tory. “This total; when’ compared
with the 980: square miles cover-
ed when thep rogram was. start-.
ed in 1921, gives an indication of
the strides. made’ in’ the. aerial

measuring device developed dur- .

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