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Corporal Reid Bellamy achieved a significant milestone for his squadron – 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron – last month, the RCAF is reporting in an article on its website.

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On February 24, 2015, the squadron’s commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Chris McKenna, presented CH-147F Chinook helicopter flight engineer (FE) wings to Corporal Bellamy. To earn his wings, Corporal Bellamy successfully completed operational cadre training for the new category II CH-147F flight engineer qualification.

And why is this special?

As Lieutenant-Colonel Mckenna noted, these are the first ‘made in Canada’ flight engineer wings awarded to aircrew for Canada’s new CH-147F Chinooks. All of Corporal Bellamy’s training took place in Canada, at 450 Squadron.

“It’s an honour to be part of this organization” said Corporal Bellamy. “I’m looking forward to being able to contribute more to growing the squadron to its full potential.”