[nsmitchell]

From my understanding of the stuttering official, the plan is to move AETE from the Cold Lake base down to Ottawa. Having been posted to AETE in the early 90's I was fortunate that my projects were mostly based out of Alberta on C-130's so being in AB made sense. The reason that the other aircraft were brought to AETE was that the ranges and airspace were available. The biggest loss for AETE will be the range for various photo gathering tests and for weapons trials. Not sure what is available in the Ottawa area. Certainly test flying in the Ottawa area will be more complicated as the airspace is considerably more congested than northern AB. With that said, the Liberals are once again the architects of diminishing the CAF and the ability to meet our commitments to defence. Seems like it was for the 20 years I spent in the Air Force. Sad. For a government that seems to focus so much on being politically correct, they sure don't care about how this appears to Albertans.