Current Usage
Today, CFB Cold Lake has the following units stationed at the facility:
- 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (CF-18 Hornet)
- 417 Combat Support Squadron (CH-146 Griffon)
- 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (CT-155 Hawk)
- 410 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (CF-18 Hornet)
- 1 Air Maintenance Squadron
- Weapon System Manager Detachment Cold Lake
- 42 Radar Squadron
- 10 Field Technical Training Squadron
- 4 Airfield Defence Squadron
- Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment
In addition to its value as a training base, CFB Cold Lake's fighter/interceptor aircraft defend the western half of Canadian air space and together with aircraft from CFB Bagotville cover Canada's Arctic territory. They are operationally controlled by NORAD from CFB North Bay and Cheyenne Mountain Operations Centre in Colorado Springs. Cold Lake aircraft forward deploy to airfields throughout western and Arctic Canada as operational requirements dictate.
Cold Lake also hosts NATO flight training operating from 15 Wing Moose Jaw, as well as 5 Wing Goose Bay. MAPLE FLAG is a major international air weapons training competition hosted annually by CFB Cold Lake in May–June, making use of CLAWR. The name is derived from the USAF's famous Red Flag training exercises at the Nellis Air Force Range in Nevada. NASA and ESA astronauts use Cold Lake for winter survival training.
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