409 Tactical Fighter Squadron

409 Tactical Fighter Squadron
409e Escadron d'appui tactique
Active1941–1945, 1954–1991, 1993–1994, 2006–present
Country Canada
BranchCanada Royal Canadian Air Force
TypeTactical fighter
SizeSquadron
Part of4 Wing Cold Lake
Garrison/HQCFB Cold Lake
Motto(s)Latin: Media nox meridies noster, lit. 'Midnight is our noon'[1]
Battle honours
  • Defence of Britain, 1941–1944
  • Fortress Europe, 1942–1944
  • France and Germany, 1944–1945
  • Normandy, 1944
  • Rhine[2]
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Aircraft flown
FighterCF-18 Hornet
A Cold War 409 Squadron flight suit patch, circa 1955.
CF-101 Voodoo 101060 from 409 "Nighthawk" Squadron, CFB Comox on the ramp at CFB Moose Jaw in the spring of 1982
409 Nighthawk Squadron, F-18 bearing tail art of reactivated 409 Squadron

409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (French: 409e Escadron d'appui tactique) is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The squadron operates the CF-18 Hornet from CFB Cold Lake in Alberta, Canada.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AWF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Personnel. "409 Combat Support Squadron". cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca. Government of Canada, National Defence, Chief Military. Retrieved 3 December 2018.