Joint Task Force North (Canada)
- Joint Task Force North (Canada)
Joint Task Force (North) is responsible for all Canadian Forces operations and administration in northern Canada, namely the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the waters of the Arctic Ocean (within Canada) and Hudson Bay. JTF(N) is headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and is part of Canada Command.
While Canadian military operations in the North date to the Yukon Field Force during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, its immediate history started with the formation of Canadian Forces Northern Area (CFNA) in 1970.
Canadian Forces Northern Area was dissolved in 2006 and replaced by Joint Task Force North (JTFN) of the new Canada Command, commanded by Vice-Admiral J.Y. Forcier. JTF(N) was commanded by Colonel Norm Couturier, who has now handed over to Brigadier-General Christine Whitecross. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2006/07/05/whitecross-military.html 1st woman military leader in North takes over post ] ] A number of exercises have been conducted by CFNA and now JTFN, including, recently, Operation Labrador, and Operation Hurricane.
Reserve forces
Bases
* CFS Alert - signals intelligence intercept facility
* CFNA HQ Yellowknife - home to 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, 440 Transport Squadron, and depending on time of year, many cadet squadrons
* CFNA HQ Whitehorse - home to Junior Rangers detachment
* CF Detachment Nunavut - detachment office
Units
* 440 (Transport) Squadron - based in Yellowknife and attached to 17 Wing at CFB Winnipeg
Closed
* RCAF Station Frobisher Bay - built as USAF airfield and closed 1957; now Iqaluit Airport
* RCAF Station Resolution Island - Pinetree Line station used by USAF 1954-1961; unmanned North Warning System radar site 1991-present
* RCAF Station Resolute Bay - former USAF airstrip - now Resolute Bay Airport
* RCAF Station Whitehorse - refueling station closed in 1968; now Lobird Trailer Court
External links
* http://www.cfna.dnd.ca/ - Joint Task Force North official site
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