CBC News Network at 1513 ET had footage of a helicopter involved in helping people stranded by snow along Highway 402 in southwestern Ontario. The caption underneath was: “Army to the rescue. Canadian Forces chopper…”
Oh dear. The helicopter was actually Air Force (see the CH-146 at middle bottom here)–as are all aircraft in the CF. This CBC website story is rather better:
Military helps rescue stranded Sarnia drivers
2 Griffon helicopters fly motorists to warming stations
Mark
Ottawa
While you are technically right in saying all helicopters belong to the Air Force, those that belong to the Tac Hel Sqns are actually under operational control of the army.
Good thing the emergency situation happened in Ontario. If it had been in BC the nearest Army base is now in Alberta.