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History of Rivers air base and its multi service use
Rivers air base began as RCAF Station Rivers in May 1942 under BCATP, hosting No 1 Air Navigation School later No 1 CNS. It trained 11,406 navigators with army pilots, parachutists and instructors, housed signals and dispatch schools, and expanded to a tri service flying training unit. Postwar, it became CF B Rivers, hosting helicopter training, naval aviation pilots, and a fighter squadron before closure in 1971 and eventual civilian reuse. The site retains wartime hangars, supply buildings, and a remaining airfield used for crops and drift racing, with a 1990s film connection.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Rivers
No. 1 Air Navigation School
No. 1
ANS
Trenton
No. 1 Central Navigation School
CNS
Army
Navy
Air Force
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Air Dispatch School
Rcaf Station
Canadian Parachute Training Centre
Camp Shilo
Airborne School
Canadian Joint Air Training Centre
Canada
No. 6 Signal Regiment
Air Support
Joint Air Photo Interpretation School
Rcaf Station Rivers
Air Photo Interpretation Centre
Rcaf Station Rockcliffe
Army Air Tactical Training School
AATTS
Rcn Air Station
Hmcs Shearwater
Royal Canadian Navy
VF 871
No. 1 Transport Helicopter Platoon
THP
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
St. Hubert
Canadian Forces Base
Cfb) Rivers
No. 4 Fighter Training School
BHTU
Cfb Portage la Prairie
Cfb Edmonton
Cfb Rivers
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Oo-Za-We-Kwun
Rivers Gliding School
Cfb Gimli