The Canadian Airborne Forces Association (CAFA), representing Canada’s Airborne Brotherhood, sponsors the Canadian Airborne Soldier of the Year Award. This award, presented annually, recognizes the Canadian soldier who best demonstrates the attributes expected of the modern Paratrooper. The purpose of the Award is to foster more permanent links between today’s serving airborne community and those who have served in an active parachuting role in the past. The Presentation of t

The annual Army Cadet Basic Parachute Course graduated from the Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC) on 24 July 2026. Six CAFA members from Kingston, Ottawa and Victoriaville were on hand to help celebrate their achievements and present them with various awards, coins and bursaries. The Cadet BPara was conducted simultaneously with a Reg/Res BPara serial. Of note, the Cadet BPara is the only regular force course which Cadets complete and has the exact same standards

The Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC) recently accepted CAFA’s request to provide a Basic Parachutist Top Candidate Award to every BPara serial going forward. While such an award existed several decades ago, no one is sure when it stopped being presented nor where the applicable trophy is hiding! The first presentations took place on Friday 24 July 2026 when a double serial – 0262 (Reg/Res) and 0263 (Army Cadets) – graduated. Top Candidates were: Corporal A. Bouch

On Friday 25 July, 41 Army Cadets completed Basic Parachutist Course Serial 0253 at the Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC) ...

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

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....

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

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