Editing Manitoba (section)

== Military bases ==
[[CFB Winnipeg]] is a [[Canadian Forces base|Canadian Forces Base]] at the Winnipeg International Airport. The base is home to flight operations support divisions and several training schools, as well as the [[1 Canadian Air Division]] and Canadian [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]] Region Headquarters.<ref name="C Air Force">{{vcite web |url=http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/page-eng.asp?id=24 |title=Organization Overview |publisher=Department of National Defence |accessdate=16 January 2010 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205085718/http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/page-eng.asp?id=24 |archivedate=5 December 2010  }}</ref> 17 Wing of the [[Canadian Forces]] is based at CFB Winnipeg; the Wing has three squadrons and six schools.<ref name="17 Wing Page">{{vcite web |url=http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/17w-17e/page-eng.asp?id=182 |title=17 Wing—General Information |publisher=Department of National Defence |accessdate=22 February 2010 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611180114/http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/17w-17e/page-eng.asp?id=182 |archivedate=11 June 2011  }}</ref> It supports 113 units from [[Thunder Bay]] to the Saskatchewan/Alberta border, and from the [[49th parallel north]] to the [[Northern Canada|high Arctic]]. 17 Wing acts as a deployed operating base for [[CF-18 Hornet]] fighter–bombers assigned to the Canadian NORAD Region.<ref name="17 Wing Page"/>

The two 17 Wing squadrons based in the city are: the 402 ("City of Winnipeg" Squadron), which flies the Canadian designed and produced de Havilland Canada [[Bombardier Dash 8|CT-142 Dash 8]] navigation trainer in support of the 1 Canadian Forces Flight Training School's Air Combat Systems Officer and Airborne Electronic Sensor Operator training programs (which trains all Canadian Air Combat Systems Officer);<ref>{{vcite book|author=Pigott, Peter|title=Taming the skies|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|year=2003|page=203|isbn=978-1-55002-469-2}}</ref> and the 435 ("Chinthe" Transport and Rescue Squadron), which flies the Lockheed [[C-130 Hercules]] tanker/transport in airlift [[search and rescue]] roles, and is the only Air Force squadron equipped and trained to conduct [[Aerial refueling|air-to-air refuelling]] of fighter aircraft.<ref name="17 Wing Page"/>

[[CFB Shilo|Canadian Forces Base Shilo]] (CFB Shilo) is an Operations and Training base of the Canadian Forces {{convert|35|km}} east of Brandon. During the 1990s, Canadian Forces Base Shilo was designated as an Area Support Unit, acting as a local base of operations for Southwest Manitoba in times of military and civil emergency.<ref name="Shilo">{{vcite web|url=http://www.army.gc.ca/iaol/143000440000579/index-Eng.html|title=CFB ASU Shilo|publisher=Department of National Defence|accessdate=2 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305213128/http://www.army.gc.ca/iaol/143000440000579/index-Eng.html|archivedate=5 March 2012}}</ref> CFB Shilo is the home of the [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery|1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery]], both battalions of the [[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]], and the [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery|Royal Canadian Artillery]]. The Second Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI), which was originally stationed in Winnipeg (first at Fort Osborne, then in Kapyong Barracks), has operated out of CFB Shilo since 2004. CFB Shilo hosts a training unit, 3rd Canadian Division Training Centre. It serves as a base for support units of [[Land Force Western Area|3rd Canadian Division]], also including 3 CDSG Signals Squadron, Shared Services Unit (West), 11 CF Health Services Centre, 1 Dental Unit, 1 Military Police Regiment, and an Integrated Personnel Support Centre. The base houses 1,700 soldiers.<ref name="Shilo"/>