The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country—just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter jets into service.
Internal documents from spring 2025, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access-to-Information law, show the Air Force drafted a plan to first hire 199 new security personnel by 2028, then expand that security force to 747 in 2029 and 1,227 by 2030.
The information comes from a presentation on the RCAF’s submission to the future structure plan—basically the Canadian Armed Forces’ personnel planning document—and outlines a scenario for staff growth that was drafted when Lt.-Gen. Eric Kenny commanded the Air Force….