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Old 18th Oct 2011, 10:03
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I am sure that Canadians never had to ask these questions in 1914 and 1939. It is such a pity that many of them never went home.
God bless them all.
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Old 18th Oct 2011, 10:04
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YVRKid,

Plus the RAF is in active Ops and the Air Force arm of the CF is sitting at home (save the transport guys).
I would check your facts again!

On Monday, March 21, Task Force Libeccio conducted its first mission.

“This morning four CF-18 fighter aircraft and two CC-150 Polaris strategic air [-to-air] refuellers departed Trapani, Italy and conducted patrols off the northern coast of Libya,” said Defence Minister Peter MacKay on Monday.
Link to story here.

Also, there are residency requirements; you may have to have lived here for 5 years before you can apply, if I remember right. I'm pretty sure a single phone call to the RAF careers service or a visit to their site would steer you right.

Bear in mind if you have any wishes to be a fighter pilot, we're now quite small when it comes to fast jets and getting smaller. With the CF-18 around and a sensible plan to replace it with F35, I'd certainly give serious consideration to staying in Canada if I were you.
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Have you read the Nationality and residency rules on the RAF Careers web site at:
Nationality and residency - RAF Careers ?
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Old 18th Oct 2011, 11:56
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This thread is three years old... I do believe he was correct in what he said three years ago.
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Old 18th Oct 2011, 11:57
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5 Forward 6 Back,

Check the date of the post you replied to. When YVRKid wrote
Plus the RAF is in active Ops and the Air Force arm of the CF is sitting at home (save the transport guys).
no-one was bombing Libya.

CanadaJohn,

You might not get much help here, the RAF is shedding people left, right and centre right now. Student pilots have been "let go" before completing flying training and there are more cuts just over the horizon in 2015. While I don't want to kill off your dreams, I'd look toward the RCAF in addition to the RAF. Otherwise, call the RAF recruitment people, or chat with them on the "interweb" and explain your situation. There are plenty of non-Brits in the RAF so the path you are attempting to walk down is fairly well beaten.

Good luck and study hard.

CWD
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Old 18th Oct 2011, 13:48
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Whoops! Ah well, the second part of my post stands for the thread-resurrector.
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Old 18th Oct 2011, 14:32
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Are you a proper Canadian or one of those Frenchie types....? Proper canadians can join but the Garlic eaters can bugger off
I am Canadian, not one of the Frenchie types. I abhor garlic. I have known many Frenchie types who served with distinction in the RAF, Spitfires, Hurricanes, Mosquitoes, and so on, collecting the random DSO, DFC, DFM, and the like while so doing. The very first RAF pilot to make it home, identify and report a horrible new German fighter, the FW 190, was a Frenchie. Used to work here in Ottawa.

Incidentally, a Canadian pilot in the RAF collected a DFC very recently, in Iraq, I think.

So .... what is your combat record in the RAF?
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Old 18th Oct 2011, 15:02
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We had a lot of ex RCAF pilots on Brits in the early sixties. They tended to moan a lot
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Old 18th Oct 2011, 15:27
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My mind aint what it was, but wasn't there a Canadian Jag pilot whose brother was a CF-18 flier?
Yep, correct.

Brother in UK was a flying instructor, then flew Hunters and Jaguars.

Brother in Canada flew CF104s and CF18s. Was also a CF18 squadron boss.

One now retired in Norfolk (I think); the other retired in the Rockies.
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Old 19th Oct 2011, 18:59
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They tended to moan a lot
That's because of all the shagging they were doing!
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