Canadian Special
Operations Forces Command 1,500
Personnel.
CANADIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES AVIATION
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
• HELICOPTER 8 combat capable. Total 20 Helicopters.
Spec Ops 1 sqn with 8 Cbt hel (OPCON
Canadian Special Operations Command)
8 CH-146 Griffon (Bell 412 were modified to act as armed escorts for
CH-147 Chinook; incl 8 spec ops)
Utility 2
sqns with 12 Utl hel:
12 CH-146 Griffon (Bell 412)
• FACILITIES
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command Aviation Main Headquarters: HQ Located at xxxx
Special Operations Forces
Airfields and Airbases Organisation
(Current Order of Battle):
3 cbt spt sqns (Cold Lake,
Bagotville, Goose Bay) with CH-146 Griffon
Organisations by Service Notes:
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command 1,500
Forces
by Role (Current order of
battle): Comd 1 HQ
SF 1 regt (Canadian Special Operations Regiment) located
at CFB Petawawa
Counter- Terrorist 1 bn (JTF2) located
at Dwyer Hill (CT, Surv, security advice and CP)
Special Ops Avn 1 sqn, with CH-146
Griffon located at CFB Petawawa
CBRN Canadian Joint Incidence Response
Unit (CJIRU) located at CFB Trenton
Inventory Equipment
by Type Notes:
RECCE
4 LAV Bison (NBC)
4/5 Generation Fighters 
