Gagnon, Joseph Donat Alain

unknown 1989-10-04

Birth Date: 1958-August-20

Born: Quebec City, Quebec

Son of Yvette Gagnon of Quebec City, Quebec.

Home: Quebec City, Quebec

Enlistment: Quebec City, Quebec

Enlistment Date: 1982-03-30

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 Air Maintenance Sqn- Squadron

Base

Rank

Master Corporal

Position

Master Corporal

Service Numbers

Killed in a flight-line incident involving Hornet 188741.

McDonnell Douglas Hornet CF-188/A/B CF-18/A/B

CF-188 Hornet
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The CF-188 Hornet, commonly called the CF-18, is a multi-role fighter aircraft. It is used for air defence, air superiority, ground attack, tactical support, training, aerobatic demonstration, and aerospace testing and evaluation.

The Hornet is a fast, light and manoeuvrable aircraft. Because of its power, speed and target-tracking capabilities, it has had great success in many military operations in Canada and around the world.

CF-18s have supported North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) air sovereignty patrols and participated in combat during the Gulf War in 1991, the Kosovo War in the late 1990s, and as part of the Canadian contribution to the international Libyan no-fly zone in 2011. CF-18s were also part of the Canadian contribution to the military intervention against ISIL, Operation Impact.RCAF Web Page and Wikipedia



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