Photo: Canadian Armed Forces
DND Press Release
A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aircraft CC-130J Hercules, from 8 Wing Trenton, will conduct a flyby over the National Peacekeepers’ Day ceremony at the National Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa on August 10th, 2025, at approximately 11 a.m.
The aircraft will fly over the ceremony at an altitude no lower than 500 feet above the highest obstacle along its route. Flybys by RCAF aircraft are carefully planned and closely controlled for public safety and are dependent upon weather and flying conditions.
The CC-130J Hercules is a four-engine, fixed-wing turboprop aircraft that is used for a wide range of missions, including personnel transport, search –and rescue, tactical airlift and aircrew training.
