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RCAF 440 Transport Squadron, CC-138 Twin Otter

“RCAF 440 Transport Squadron, CC-138 Twin Otter” vintage style military aviation poster art. 440 Squadron is the only Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron located North of the 60th parallel. Based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories it provides utility airlift in support of 1 Canadian Air Division and Joint Task Force North. 440 Squadron employs the CC-138 Twin Otter. A Short Takeoff and Landing aircraft with Austere and Ski capabilities operating in the far reaches of the Arctic. The official mascot of the squadron is the “Vampire Bat” because of its history as an all-weather fighter squadron in the 1950s. CC-138 Twin-engined STOL utility transport, search and rescue aircraft for the Canadian Forces. Based on the Series 300 (DHC-6) aircraft. Yellowknife is the capital city and largest community of the Northwest Territories (NT or NWT), Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. Yellowknife and its surrounding water bodies were named after a local Dene tribe once known as the ‘Copper Indians’ or ‘Yellowknife Indians’. (Yellowknives Dene – First Nation)

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Design by Samantha Beaty

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