CFB St. Hubert

CFB St. Hubert
Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport in Canada
Badge of RCAF Station St-Hubert (pre-1969)
CFB St. Hubert
Coordinates	45°30′58.54″N 73°25′14.77″W / 45.5162611°N 73.4207694°W / 45.5162611; -73.4207694
Type	Airbase
Site information
Owner	Department of National Defence
Operator	Canadian Armed Forces
Garrison information
Occupants	Current: 438 Sqn RCAF 34 Service Battalion 5 MP platoon Past: 13 SFTS RCAF 115 Sqn RCAF 118 Sqn RCAF 401 Sqn RCAF 410 Sqn RCAF 416 Sqn RCAF 423 Sqn RCAF 425 Sqn RCAF 426 Sqn RCAF 429 Sqn RCAF 450 Sqn RCAF EWU RCAF Air Defence Command HQ Mobile Command HQ 712 Communication Squadron

Canadian Forces Base St. Hubert was a Canadian Forces Base in the city of Saint-Hubert, Quebec. The base began as a civilian airfield in the 1920s and was later also used by RCAF auxiliary (reserve) squadrons, beginning in the mid-1930s. It became a fully-fledged RCAF station early in World War II, being extensively used for training as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. After the war, it grew into one of the most important air bases in Canada, and remained so for decades.

In its heyday as an operational air force station, it was host to multiple jet fighter squadrons flying the de Havilland Vampire and later the CF 100 in all-weather fighter squadrons, and two Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve Sabre squadrons and two multi-engine transport squadrons. It was the host station to RCAF Air Defence Command Headquarters. It became part of CFB Montreal upon the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, with the headquarters now serving as the Mobile Command Headquarters. The main base was decommissioned by the Canadian Forces in the mid-1990s, being downsized to a garrison under the administrative control of CFB Montreal. 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron operates from the former base's airfield.^[1]