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Canada’s air task force in Romania has completed its four-month deployment with NATO and its personnel will return home later this month.

The task force was composed of approximately 135 Canadian Forces personnel and five CF-18 Hornets. The personnel were mainly from 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron, supported by personnel primarily from 2 Air Expeditionary Wing and 3 Wing Bagotville, Que.

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This is Canada’s third air task force deployment to Romania in support of NATO, according to the Canadian Forces. The first was from April to August 2014 to the Romanian Air Force 71st Air Base in Campia Turzii, and from September to December 2017 to Constanta. Canada had previously sent an air task force to Lithuania as part of NATO Baltic Air Policing from September to December 2014, and to Iceland from May to June 2017.