Theatres and Operations

Click each link to see each Theatre and/or Operation 

The following Operations are ones in which members of the Class of 1979 are known to have participated.  Please note that this list is in the developmental stages, i.e., a “work in progress” as we are awaiting feedback from other Classmates and also we have lost contact or are not in touch with many other Classmates.

DOMESTIC

Operation Assistance (Winnipeg Flooding from Red River - 1997)

Operation Boxtop (Semi-annual Resupply Flights to CFS Alert)

Operation Persistence (Swissair Flight 111 Crash off Nova Scotia - 2 September 1998)

Operation Recuperation (Ice Storm of 1998 – January 1998) 

MIDDLE EAST

Operation Altair (Maritime Support to US-led Operation Enduring Freedom - January 2004 to October 2008)

Operation Apollo (Support to US Operations in Kabul, Afghanistan - October 2001 to October 2003)

Operation Assist (Humanitarian Airlift Support after First Gulf War - 19 April 1991 - 8 June 1991 - see Op Friction)

Operation Athena (Support to NATO’s ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) - July 2003 - July 2005 (Kabul))

Operation Athena (Support to NATO’s ISAF - August 2005 - December 2011 (Kandahar))

Operation Danaca (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force – Golan Heights – 31 May 1974 to 23 March 2006)

Operation Gladius (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force - Camp Faouar, Syria - 24 March 2006 - Present)

Operation Iraqi Freedom (US) (Multi-National Corps in Bahgdad, Iraq - January 2004 to January 2005)

Operation Jade (United Nations Truce Supervision Organization – 1954 to Present)

Operation Friction (First Gulf War – August 1990 to February 1991)

Operation Impact (Support to the Global Coalition in Iraq and Syria – September 2014 –  Present)

EUROPE

Operation Airbridge (Air support to UNHCR airlift out of Sarajevo - Jul 92 - Mar 96)

Operation Bronze (Task Force Balkans - Support to NATO HQ in Sarajevo - 2004 to 2010)

Operation Cavalier (Support to UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina - 92 to 95)

Operation Echo (Air Support to NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) and Kosovo Force (KFOR) - Aviano, Italy - Jun 98 to 21 Dec 00)

Operation Joint Endeavor (US) - NATO-led Implementation Force (IFOR) - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Dec 95 - Dec 96)

Operation Kimono - Kosovo Verification Mission (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) - Oct 1998 to 23 Mar 1999

Operation Palladium (NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina - Dec 95 to Dec 04)

Operation Sharp Guard (NATO blockade of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – 15 June 1993 – 2 October 1996)

Operation Snowgoose (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus - 15 March 1964 - Present)

NAVAL OPERATIONS

NATO - Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT - January 1968 - Present)

OTHER DEPLOYMENTS

Canadian Forces Station Alert (1 September 1958 - Present) - World’s Most Northern Permanently Inhabited Place