Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Air Forces)

• Air Command: Sic Itur Ad Astra (Latin: "Such Is The Pathway To The Stars")

Bases and stations

Note on abbreviations:

CFB - Canadian Forces Base

CFS - Canadian Forces Station

• CFB Bagotville: Defendez le Saguenay (French: "Defend the Saguenay'')
• CFB Cold Lake: Vigil Borealis (Latin: "Watching the North")
• CFB Comox: Ai Quanesut
• CFB Gander: Fidelitas (Latin: "Faithful")
• CFB Goose Bay: Tingijub Akkarvinga (Labrador Inuktitut: "Landing Place of the Big Birds")
• CFB Greenwood: Persevere to Succeed
• CFB Moose Jaw: Semper Studens (Latin: "Always Learning")
• CFB North Bay: Custodes Pacis (Latin: "Guardians of Peace")
• CFB Shearwater: Supra Mare Volamus
• CFB Trenton: Comme Il Se Doit
• CFB Winnipeg: Prospice

Schools

• 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School:
• 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School:
• Air Command Academy: Discimus Ducere
• Canadian Forces Air Navigation School: Dirigere
• Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations: Excellentia SUPER Omnia (Latin: "Excellence Above All")
• Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies: Vertus Per Scientiam
• Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering: Scientia A Principo (Latin: "Knowledge From The Beginning")
• Canadian Forces School of Meteorology:
• Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue: That Others May Live
• Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training

Divisions

• 1 Canadian Air Division: Per Ardua Ad Astra (Latin, "Through Adversity To The Stars")

Wings

• 1 Wing: Pacem Armatus Amo (Latin: "Peaceful Yet Armed")
• 3 Wing: Agmen Primum Libertatis
• 4 Wing: Auf Wacht (German: "On Guard")
• 5 Wing: Suliakakatigëjut (Inuktitut: "Working Together")
• 8 Wing: In Omnia Paratus (Latin: "Prepared For All Things")
• 9 Wing: Alis Volant Propriis (Latin: "He Flies With His Own Wings")
• 12 Wing: Supra Mare Volamus
• 14 Wing: Ad Vigilamus Undis (Latin: "We Watch The Waves")
• 15 Wing: Serving the Future
• 16 Wing: Dichere Perfectere Excellere (Latin: "To Learn, To Perfect, To Excel")
• 17 Wing: Heritage
• 19 Wing: Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (Latin: "There Is No Going Back")
• 22 Wing: Custodes Pacem (Latin: "Watchmen Of The Peace")

Air Force Squadrons And Units

Flying Squadrons

1 Wing

• 400 (City of Toronto) "Eagle" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Percussuri Vigiles (Latin, "On The Watch To Strike")
• 403 (City of Calgary) "Wolf" Helicopter Operational Training Squadron: Stalk and Strike
• 408 "Goose" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: For Freedom
• 427 "Lion" Special Operations Aviation Squadron: Ferte Manus Certas (Latin, "Striking Sure")
• 430 (City of Sudbury) "Silver Falcon" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Celeriter Certoque (Latin, "Swiftly and Surely")
• 438 (City of Montreal) "Wildcat" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Going Down

3 Wing

• 425 "Alouetté" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Je Te Plumerai (French, "I Shall Pluck You"; from the French-Canadian folk song, "Alouette")
• 439 "Sabre-Tooth Tiger" Combat Support Squadron: Fangs Of Death

4 Wing

• 409 "Nighthawk" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Media Nox Meridies Noster (Latin, "Midnight Is Our Noon")
• 410 (City of Saint John) "Cougar" Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron: Noctivaga (Latin, "Wandering By Night")
• 417 (City of Windsor) Combat Support Squadron: Supporting Liberty and Justice
• 419 "Moose" Tactical Fighter Training Squadron: Moosa Aswayita (Cree: "Beware of the Moose")

5 Wing

• 444 "Cobra" Combat Support Squadron: Strike Swift, Strike Sure

8 Wing

• 412 "Falcon" Transport Squadron: Promptus Ad Vindictum (Latin, "Swift to Avenge")
• 424 (City of Hamilton) "Tiger" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Castingandos Castigamus (Latin, "We Chastise Those Who Deserve to be Chastied")
• 426 "Thunderbird" Transport Training Squadron: On Wings Of Fire
• 429 "Bison" Transport Squadron: Fortunae Nihil (Latin, "Nothing to Chance")
• 436 "Elephant" Transport Squadron: Onus Portamus (Latin, "We Carry The Load")
• 437 "Husky" Transport Squadron: Omnia Passim (Latin, "Anything Anywhere")

9 Wing

• 103 "Saint Bernard" Search and Rescue Squadron: To Seek And Save

12 Wing

• 406 (City of Saskatoon) "Lynx" Maritime Helicopter Training Squadron: We Kill By Night
• 423 "Eagle" Maritime Helicopter Squadron: Quaerimus et Petimus (Latin, "We Search and Strike")
• 443 (City of New Westminister) "Hornet" Maritime Helicopter Squadron: Our Sting Is Death

14 Wing

• 404 "Buffalo" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ready to Fight
• 405 "Eagle" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ducimus (Latin, "We Lead")
• 413 "Tusker" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Ad Vigilamus Undis (Latin, "We Watch The Waves")

15 Wing

• 431 "Iroquois" Air Demonstration Squadron (The Snowbirds): The Hatiten Ronteriios (Iroquois: "Warriors of the Air")

16 Wing

• No Flying squadrons

17 Wing

• 402 (City of Winnipeg) "Bear" Transport and Training Squadron: We Stand On Guard
• 435 "Chinthe" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Certi Provehendi (Latin, "Determined on Delivery")
• 440 (City of Ottawa) "Red Bat" Transport Squadron: Ka Ganawaitak Saguenay (Montagnais: "He Who Protects The Saguenay")

19 Wing

• 407 "Demon" Maritime Patrol Squadron: To Hold On High
• 442 (City of Vancouver) "Snake" Transport and Rescue Squadron: Un Dieu, Une Reine, Un Coeur (French, "One God, One Queen, One Heart")

22 Wing

• No flying squadrons

Numbered Ground Squadrons

1 Wing

• No numbered ground squadrons

3 Wing

• 3 Air Maintenance Squadron:
• 12 Radar Squadron:

4 Wing

• 1 Air Maintenance Squadron: Ad Volatum Repairamus (Latin: "We Restore To Flight")
• 4 Airfield Engineer Squadron: Global Response
• 10 Field Technical Training Squadron:
• 42 Radar Squadron: Dirigenti Manu

5 Wing

• No numbered ground squadrons

8 Wing

• 2 Air Movements Squadron: Nunquam Non Paratus (Latin: "Never Unprepared")
• 8 Air Communications and Control Squadron:
• 8 Air Maintenance Squadron: Conjunctis Viribus (Latin: "With Combined Powers")

9 Wing

• No numbered ground squadrons

12 Wing

• 12 Air Maintenance Squadron:

14 Wing

• 14 Airfield Engineer Squadron: Construire (Latin: "To Construct")
• 14 Air Maintenance Squadron:
• 14 Software Engineering Squadron:

15 Wing

• 15 Air Traffic Control Squadron: Eyes On The Sky

16 Wing

• No numbered ground squadrons

17 Wing

• 1 Air Movements Squadron:

19 Wing

• 19 Air Maintenance Squadron: Superbia Et Excellentia (Latin: "Pride and Excellence")

22 Wing

• 21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron: Intruder Beware
• 29 Aerospace Control Squadron:
• 51 Aerospace Control and Warning Operational Training Squadron:

Other Units

4 Wing

• Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment: Experto Crede (Latin: "Trust The One Who Knows")

12 Wing

• Helicopter Operational Test and Evaluation Facility: Superbium In Progressum (Latin: "Pride In Progress")

14 Wing

• Maritime Proving and Evaluation Unit: Novam Quaere Scientiam (Latin: "To Seek New Knowledge")

Disbanded/Decommissioned/Inactive Units

• Royal Canadian Air Force: Per Ardua Ad Astra (Latin, "Through Adversity To The Stars")

Formations

Groups

• 1 Canadian Air Group: Semper Excelsius (Latin, "Always Successful")
• 10 Tactical Air Group: Exflora Aggredere Fulci
• 14 Training Group: Exerendum Usque Ad Optimum
• Air Reserve Group: Excelsior
• Air Transport Group: Versatile and Ready
• Maritime Air Group: Over the Seas

Wings

• 2 Wing: Aut Pax, Aut Bellum (Latin: "In Peace, In War")

Bases and Stations

• CFB Alsask: Prairie Sentinel
• CFS Baldy Hughes: Unending Vigilance
• CFS Barrington: Caveat Intrudentes1
• CFS Beausejour: Nemini Inferior
• CFS Beaverlodge: Custos Pacis
• CFS Chibougamau: Intrus Prenez Garde
• CFS Dana: Vigilance
• CFS Falconbridge: Falconis Oculum Cave
• CFS Gypsumville: Vigilant In Defence
• CFS Holberg: Etre En Vigie
• CFS Kamloops: Ils Ne Passeront Pas (French: "They Shall Not Pass")
• CFS Lac St Denis: Detect and Warn
• CFS London: Providemus
• CFS Moisie: Si Invisum, Non Invisum
• CFS Mont Apica: Toujours Vigilant
• CFB Montreal: Servir (French: "To Serve")
• CFB Penhold: Versatile
• CFS Senneterre: Silens Exploro
• CFS Sioux Lookout: Watch and Warn
• CFB Summerside: Fundamenta In Futurum
• CFS Sydney: Sior Fhurachas Nostri Oculi Acuti
• CFB Toronto: Sic Nos Non Nosis
• CFS Yorkton: Nostri Oculi Acuti

• RCAF Station Torbay: Fidus et Audax

Air Force Squadrons

• 115 Bomber Squadron: Beware
• 119 Bomber Squadron: Noli Me Tangere
• 162 Bomber Squadron: Sectabimur Usque Perima
• 401 "Ram" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Mors Celerrima Hostibus (Latin, "Very Swift Death For The Enemy")
• 411 (County of York) "Grizzly Bear" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: Inimicus Inimico (Latin, "Hostile To The Enemy")
• 414 (City of Sarnia) "Black Knight" Combat Support Squadron: Totis Viribus (Latin, "With All Our Might")
• 415 "Swordfish" Maritime Patrol Squadron: Ad Metam (Latin, "To The Mark")
• 416 (City of Oshawa) "Lynx" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Ad Sultum Paratus (Latin, "Ready To Leap")
• 418 (City of Edmonton) "Eskimo" Search and Rescue Squadron: Piyautailili (Aboriginal: "Defend Even Unto Death")
• 420 (City of London) "Snowy Owl" Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron: Pugnamus Finitum (Latin, "We Fight to the Finish")
• 421 "Red Indian" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Bellicum Cecinere (Latin, "They Have Sounded The War Trumpet")
• 422 "Tomahawk" Tactical Helicopter Squadron: This Arm Shall Do It
• 428 "Ghost" (All Weather) Fighter Squadron: Usque ad Finum (Latin, To The Very End")
• 432 "Cougar" (All Weather) Fighter Squadron: Saeviter Ad Lucem (Latin, "Ferociously Towards The Light")
• 433 "Porcupine" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Qui S'Y Frotte S'Y Pique (French, "Who Opposes It Gets Hurt")
• 434 "Bluenose" Combat Support Squadron: In Excelsis Vincimus (Latin, "We Conquer In The Heights")
• 441 "Silver Fox" Tactical Fighter Squadron: Stalk And Kill
• 445 "Wolverine" (All Weather) Fighter Squadron: Strike As Lightning
• 446 "Griffon" Surface-to-Air Missile Squadron: Vigilance, Swiftness, Strength
• 447 "Dagger" Tactical Transport Helicopter Squadron: Monjak Ecowi (Algonquian: "Always Ready")
• 448 "Elk" Test and Evaluation Squadron: In Agendo Praestantie (Latin: "Excel At Assigned Tasks")
• 449 "Unicorn" Maritime Patrol Training Squadron: Unanimi Cum Ratione (Latin: "United With A Purpose")
• 450 "Viking" Tactical Transport Helicopter Squadron: By Air To Battle

Royal Canadian Navy Air Squadrons

• 10 Experimental Squadron: Superbia In Progressum (Latin: "Pride in Progress")
• 21 Utility Helicopter Squadron: Omnibus Paratus (Latin: "Prepared for Everything")
• 32 Utility Squadron: Nihil Quam Arduum (Latin: "Nothing Too Difficult")
• 33 Utility Squadron: Finis Coronat Opus (Latin: "The End Crowns The Deed")
• 40 Air Training Squadron: Ad Formandum Fatum Vigillarium
• 50 Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron: In Aure Vincimus
• 870 Fighter Squadron: Intercedimus Et Delemus
• 871 Fighter Squadron: Pugnandum Surgimus
• 880 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron: Repérer Et Détruire (French: "To Seek And To Destroy")
• 881 Support Squadron: Ense Constanter Alato
• 922 Reserve Squadron: Indagando Et Percutiendo

See also

• Motto
• List of Military Unit Mottoes by Country
• Military Unit Mottos: Canada
• Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Cadet Services)
• Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Joint Service Forces)
• Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Land Forces)
• Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Naval Forces)