What have we here? No 3
Not sure how long it stayed open. Most if not all of the flying training functions were split between Portage la Prairie and Moose Jaw, while the parachute training was moved to Edmonton in about 1968 or 1969 because that was where the Canadian Airborne Regiment was. I was in Rivers in the summer of 1970 to conduct training for militia recruits from Winnipeg, because there was accommodation and training space available while the base was undergoing a gradual close out. There was certainly no flying training going on by then. As to the AAFTS patch, it would have been worn until the time the flying training was co-opted by the air force in 1968 or 1969. Sorry I can't be any more specific than that.
Wyn
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