CAFA News

DAKOTA C-47 CEREMONY. A ceremony was held on 6 June on the 81st anniversary of D-Day, to rededicate the newly refurbished C-47 Dakota...

The Canadian Airborne Forces Association (CAFA) Soldier of the Year is MCpl Dylan Caron from 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment (R22eR) ....

A ceremony will be held at Garrison Petawawa Military Museum to rededicate a refurbished C-47 Dakota aircraft.

CAFA AGM 23-25 May 2025.   The Canadian Airborne Forces Association (CAFA) conducted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and associated...

The Canadian Airborne Forces Association (CAFA) will hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) at CFB Trenton on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of...

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May 8th marks the 57th anniversary of Canada’s worst peacetime training accident, which saw seven paratroopers drown.

8 May 2025 will mark the 80 th anniversary of the WW II Allied victory in Europe. In recognition of this historic event Roger Chabot and...

On 23 February at Royal Canadian Legion Branch #97 in Prescott Ontario, Walter Holmes and Rick Hatton (Canadian Airborne Forces...

On Tuesday 25 February, in Gatineau QC, Marlene Schmidle and André Bilodeau were each presented the King Charles III Coronation Medal....

As part of a Canadian War Museum initiative, “In Their Own Voices,” aimed at creating accounts of veteran experience after war or...

On Tuesday 18 February, in Napanee Ontario, CAFA President Rick Hatton presented a King Charles III Coronation Medal to Glenn Piper....

RSVP:  Susan Cook at RCMI  Slc@rcmi.org  by April 1st, 2025  The 35th Annual Airborne Luncheon will be held on April 11th at the Royal...

RSVP to Scott Moody at cafa.toronto@gmail.com by 19 Mar 25  On March 24th CAFA Toronto will be holding a ceremony at Sanctuary Park...

By Samantha Winnicki TORONTO, ON. WO Adam Winnicki and Ed Marshall with a photo from their charity jump for SickKids February 1, 2025,...

A gathering to remember the contribution of Canadians over the 60 years of peacekeeping on the island.

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On 27 August in Brighton Ontario, Rick Hatton, President of the Canadian Airborne Forces Association (CAFA) presented the scholarship...

By Samantha Winnicki Cayuga, ON - On July 12, 2024, history was made when Ed Marshall, a 100-year-old Canadian paratrooper, went...

On Friday, July 26th, 2024 the Cadet Basic Para Course graduated at the Canadian Army Advance Warfare Centre at CFB Trenton. Annually...