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RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes
The Royal Canadian Air Force aims to increase security staff by 1,227 by 2030 to protect F-35 jets and drones amid new operational and data protection needs.
- The Royal Canadian Air Force outlined plans to hire 1,227 security personnel by 2030, staging 199 by 2028 and 747 in 2029, coinciding with F-35 stealth fighter jets deployment.
- Facing new platforms, the Royal Canadian Air Force is defining security requirements to protect wings, personnel, and sensitive data from advanced platforms while adopting counter-drone technology and studying Allied militaries.
- Initial deployments will focus on fighter bases primarily due to F-35 deliveries in 2028, with more than 500 new core personnel positions listed for the Future Fighter Capability Project, including hires from surrounding local communities near fighter wings.
- A 2025 auditor general report found delays building protected squadron facilities at Cold Lake and Bagotville, while parliamentary audits have not examined costs of hundreds of new security personnel despite possible growth of 5,400 over two decades from 15,000 current RCAF personnel.
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The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security officers over the next five years on its bases across the country.
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RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes
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The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) wants to hire more than a thousand new security officers over the next five years on its bases across the country, just as it will be operating its new F-35 fighter aircraft. Internal documents from the spring of 2025, obtained by the Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, reveal that the RCAF has developed a plan to hire 199 new security officers by 2028, and then increase the number to 747 by 20…
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