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CWO Peter Stauffer Memorial Scholarships SGT NICHOLAS BROCZKOWSKI The CWO Peter Stauffer Memorial Scholarships were created by the Medley CFB Society in honour of Peter Stauffer, the Wing Chief Warrant Officer and an active member of the Society from July 2000 until July 2004, who passed away due to cancer September 19, 2004. In Peter Stauffer’s name, the Society presents three $2500.00 Scholarships each academic year. In June 2005, the first two CWO Peter Stauffer Memorial Scholarships were presented by Mrs. Rae Stauffer in her late husband’s name. To date, the Medley CFB Society has presented 31 Scholarships to deserving students. CWO Peter Stauffer was dedicated developing and strengthening the character of the military family and improving the Quality of Life for the community in general. He was well-known for his commitment and support to the entire Cold Lake community. He was a strong advocate of community participation throughout his tenure as WCWO at 4 Wing. The application process for the Memorial Scholarships is open to all graduating high school students who are dependents of personnel currently serving at 4 Wing in the CAF (Regular or Reserve) or as DND or NPF employees. The students must be planning on pursuing full-time post-secondary studies at a recognized educational institution (academic or technical), must have maintained a consistent academic standing and have contributed to the community in a demonstrable manner. Students should note that a consistent academic standing does not indicate they must be on the “honour roll”. If you have maintained a consistent grade point average – whether at a “C” level or an “A” level – you meet that eligibility requirement. Peter Stauffer never insisted that personnel “be the best” – only that they DO THEIR BEST and try to better themselves. The most important application requirement is the 500-word essay on either ‘Leadership’, ‘Quality of Life’ or ‘Community Spirit’. These were the qualities that defined Peter Stauffer and were the qualities he most encouraged others to develop. It is critical that applying students provide a clear and well thought out presentation of what their selected quality means to them and illustrate that quality’s influence in their own lives. The Medley CFB Society is very proud to sponsor the CWO Peter Stauffer Memorial Scholarships for dependents of 4 Wing personnel and eagerly anticipate the application submissions we receive each year. We encourage all eligible students to apply

for these Scholarships. The deadline for this year’s submissions is June 4, 2021. Should there be any questions regarding the CWO Peter Stauffer Memorial Scholarships and the

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4 WING COMMAND TEAM MESSAGE Colonel Dave Moar, 4 Wing Commander and Chief Warrant Officer Lee Darling, 4 Wing Chief Warrant Officer

inally! The clocks have gone ahead, the days are getting longer and the lake ice is turning grey. Yes, spring is here! This change in season was long overdue but did not come without its own set of demands. As we hopefully shake off the last of the cold, we find ourselves providing support to multiple exercises such as AMALGAM DART, scrambling to complete the last of the fiscal year administration and continuing to practice excellence in our mandate. Things certainly have a way of keeping us busy. Some things did not change with the season though, COVID fatigue is still a thing and it remains a great cause for concern. With patience, we will all see the vaccination plan roll out and hopefully the activity of the virus will decline to a level that will allow decreased restrictions on gatherings and travel. It’s hard to believe that it has been more than a year since this virus forced us to change our routines and we know that everyone

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is looking forward to returning to something that resembles normal. We are all ready for a change, even if it’s just a shopping trip to the city. Despite our busy work tempo and the continued requirement to remain diligent with our PHMs, there is certainly some good news. The longer, warmer days mean more time for outdoor activity and opportunities for some much needed sunshine and fresh air; going for a stroll, gardening or just having a barbeque will go a long way in helping us get grounded after the long, cold winter. The last month of winter was witness to several noteworthy achievements. To name a few, 4 Wing celebrated International Women’s Day with a virtual panel of distinguished Honorary Colonels (HCol) hosted by the Defence Women’s Advisory Organization. 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron welcomed HCol Mike Bullis to the Moose family as

the first HCol to have a historic connection to the unit. Most certainly worth mentioning is your hard work and perseverance; you met the environmental challenges and physical demands to enable a highly effective WINTER BLITZ. All this success is owed to you and the support of your families, we hope you are all proud to be a part of the busiest fighter wing in Canada. On top of all that good news, let’s not forget the long rumoured pay raise that turned out to not be a rumour after all, end March pay should be a good one! In closing, we would like thank all members of the 4 Wing team and your families for your tireless effort and endless support. You are the reason we remain relevant, succeed at our mission and bolster 4 Wing’s reputation of operational excellence and flexibility, all of you make this happen. All the best.

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4 Wing Flyby to celebrate Royal Canadian Air Force 97th Birthday MARCH 26, 2021 – COLD LAKE, AB – NATIONAL DEFENCE / CANADIAN ARMED FORCES

Hawks, and a CH-146 Griffon will Public Health Measures on outdoor be participating in this fly-past. gatherings and watch the fly-past At 11 a.m. a formation of CF- from the comfort of their homes to 18 Hornets and CT-155 Hawks the greatest extent possible. On April 1, 2021, 4 Wing Cold will fly over Kinosoo beach from Royal Canadian Air Force Lake, will conduct a fly-past over north to south. The aircraft will flybys are carefully planned and the City of Cold Lake, Alberta, in then regroup and fly over the city closely controlled to ensure public recognition of the 97th birthday of from east to west. The aircraft will safety at all times. The RCAF is the Royal Canadian Air Force, our be at an altitude no lower than 500 proud to share in special events, readiness to support our NORAD feet above the highest obstacle over which allows us to demonstrate the mandate, and the contribution of ground level. capabilities of our personnel and all members of the community that With COVID-19 restrictions in aircraft to Canadians. have endured a very difficult year place across the country, residents Aircraft participation is during the COVID-19 pandemic. of Cold Lake are encouraged to subject to weather and operational Twelve CF-18 Hornets, six CT-155 follow the Province of Alberta’s requirements.

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11 Military Police Squadron enhancing their skills as they do a snowmobile safety course, on February 22, 2021 at 4 Wing Cold Lake.

Flight Safety Investigation Report for Kamloops Snowbirds accident MARCH 29, 2021 – OTTAWA – NATIONAL DEFENCE / CANADIAN ARMED FORCES The Royal Canadian Air Force’s Directorate of Flight Safety, as the Airworthiness Investigative Authority for the Canadian Armed Forces, has concluded its investigation into an accident involving a CT-114 Tutor aircraft of 431 (Air Demonstration) Squadron on May 17, 2020 in the vicinity of Kamloops, British Columbia that claimed the life of Captain Jenn Casey and injured Captain Richard MacDougall. The complete findings of the investigation and recommended preventative measures are publicly accessible in the CT114161 Flight Safety Investigation Report.

The investigation found that “Snowbird 11’s power loss could not have come at a ingestion of a single, small bird into the engine of the aircraft ‘Snowbird worse time – low altitude, low airspeed, proximity to 11’ following take-off resulted in another aircraft, and in the vicinity of a built-up area. a compressor stall and a loss of thrust. Upon loss of power, the This tragic accident reinforces the importance of pilot initiated a climb straight ahead continuous, situation-specific training to minimize and then a turn back towards the airport. During this manoeuver, the reaction time in an emergency and the importance of aircraft entered into an aerodynamic a timely decision to eject.” stall and the pilot gave the order to abandon the aircraft. The pilot and passenger ejected Colonel John Alexander, Director of Flight Safety, from the aircraft at low altitude and in conditions that were outside safe Royal Canadian Air Force ejection seat operation parameters. Neither the pilot nor the passenger had additional training for CT-114 aircrew aircrew should prioritize an ejectionthe requisite time for their parachutes to better prepare them for an engine scenario near or over a populated failure after take-off in a low-level area, and research potential options to function as designed. Recommendations in the report environment, clarify the command to to stabilize the ejection seat from any identified the need to conduct ‘eject’, publish a directive to clarify how tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw.

Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Video Games

ideo Games are a lot of fun. I have been playing them since my parents splurged and bought my brother and I an Atari 2600 way back in the day – a single button on a joystick were all the controls we had but it was a blast and led to an Apple IIe, then an IBM clone DOS machine with a monochrome monitor and 640k of RAM and a 20mb hard drive – I played the crap out of Pool of Radiance, D&D’s first attempt at a computer-based Role Player Game (RPG), the Ultima series, and then the first iteration of DOOM. The number of hours I burned on that machine was breathtaking. Yet somehow I still had time to eat books, read comics, paint lead miniatures for Warhammer battles and play tabletop RPG’s. Of course, over the intervening years I moved on up to the original NES, better desktops through seven flavours of Windows, the 64, the Wii, and now I get to sit down occasionally with my boys on the Xbox 360, the PS4, or their Switches (yes, plural!) It hasn’t gotten old, though my grey hairs say that I seem to have… Now that I have spilled my gamer cred (I can hear my kids laughing at my use of the word “gamer” right now…), what have I learned about video games in the last oh… 35 years? I’m going to focus on three things. 1. Video games are an escape. Like novels, comic books, even like Netflix in many ways. They take you out of your problems, give you something to focus on, immerse yourself in. This escape can be good for you – it can relieve pressure you feel, confusion that confounds you, anxiety about

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things beyond your control by providing you a little space where you are in control. You call the shots. You make things happen. But like any escape though, when it begins to feel like home, it is important to keep them on the shelf. They can hold you back from moving forward in life, in love, or in work. 2. Video games do NOT de-stress you. That was something I believed for a long time – I thought when I was wound up if I played some video games, I would calm down. Turns out, no, that doesn’t work. Video games are for the most part challenge oriented. You are trying to accomplish something. And when you fail to accomplish, you get stressed. Yes, if you “die” in-game you can always try again, but that just serves to heighten the stress of playing with the frustration of losing, or failing to execute whatever moves you needed to do to beat the “boss”. A good gaming session may give you a hit of dopamine from beating a few bosses or solving a level, but you won’t feel rested afterwards. You may be even more tired than you were before you started – regardless of how much caffeine you have consumed! So watch out, and don’t count gaming time as downtime. 3. Video games are a delaying tactic. Video games, because they are, at their core timesinks, delay you. They fill time that could be used to your advantage. If you’re in school, they fill time you could use to build your comprehension of your lessons. If you have skills you want to grow in like learning a musical instrument, learning to fix things, or building

something for your home, those skills are put on hold for “virtual skills”. When Guitar Hero and Rockband came out, it was huge. People spent hundreds of hours mastering the levels and songs in the game. But you know what’s sad? Everyone who did that never learned to play a note on a real guitar. And when the game was no longer fresh, they had nothing lasting. Had they actually picked up a guitar for a hundred hours or so, they might have learned something that would give them and their friends lasting enjoyment for a lifetime. All three of these truths don’t make video games a bad thing. There have always been and there always will be pastimes like video games, that provide escape, that pretend recreation = relaxation, and that delay you from accomplishing real things in your life. Video games, like lots of things, have a place in our lives and what seems to be a negative may be a positive in certain circumstances. But here’s my pastoral advice to you regarding them: don’t let them climb your priority list. Don’t let them push down the life that is being given to you. You have so much ahead of you; don’t let them delay it. You have so much to give; don’t let them suck out your energy. Flesh and blood needs to always win out over the virtual. No game, no gamer buddies in some city a thousand miles away will be there for you when something real happens. Make sure you live life this side of the matrix.

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What’s new at 419 Tac (F) T Squadron CAPT YANGA ZHU Michael (Mike) L. Bullis was appointed as Honorary Colonel of 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta, on 16 September 2020. HCol Bullis has the distinction of being the first 419 “Moose” Squadron Honorary Colonel with direct historical family ties to the squadron’s WWII origins. His father, retired Flying Officer Hubert (Hank) Bullis (24 August 1918 – 25 April 2016) was, at his passing, the oldest surviving WWII Mooseman.

HCol Bullis was born in Kingston, Ontario in September 1949, and moved to Claresholm, Alberta, when his father was posted there in January 1952 as a Senior Flying Instructor at RCAF No. 3 Flying Training School. Following several military moves within Alberta, Hank took his release from the RCAF in May 1956 in Edmonton. The family lived there for two more years, and then spent ten years in Dawson Creek, BC, finally settling in Calgary in October 1968, where HCol Bullis still resides. In 2019, the Bullis Family established the Hubert (Hank) Leslie Bullis Awards of Merit, an