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Canadian Airborne Regiment | |
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Régiment aéroporté canadien (French) | |
Active | 8 April 1968 – 1 September 1995 |
Country | Canada |
Branch | Force Mobile Command |
Type | Airborne forces |
Role | |
Size | Approx. 600 members |
Part of | Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
Garrison/HQ |
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Motto(s) | Ex cœlis (Latin for 'from the sky') |
Colors | Maroon beret |
March | "The Longest Day" |
Battle honours |
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The Canadian Airborne Regiment (French: Régiment aéroporté canadien) was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968. It was not an administrative regiment in the commonly accepted British Commonwealth sense, but rather a tactical formation manned from other regiments and branches. It was disbanded in 1995 after the Somalia affair.[1]