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| Industry | Specialized Aviation |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | Paul Bouchard, President; Didier Toussaint, Group President |
| Website | [1] |
Top Aces Inc. is a Montreal, Quebec-based defence contractor that offers contracted airborne training services to the Canadian Armed Forces, Bundeswehr, and United States Air Force. Operating a fleet of modernized fighter aircraft, flown by highly experienced ex-military pilots, they provide Red Air threat replication, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training, practice munitions drop, air-to-air gunnery training and naval target tow profiles.[1]
The Alpha Jet and Lear 35 platforms are also utilized by No. 414 Squadron RCAF for electronic warfare training and tactics development, and support for advanced radar trials in nationally controlled environments, as part of the CATS contract.[2][3] All Electronic Warfare Officers and EW role equipment being provided by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Canadian Armed Forces personnel are authorized to fly on board Top Aces fighter aircraft.[4]
- ^ Exhibitor Profile for Discovery Air Inc.
- ^ "414 Electronic Warfare Squadron". Royal Canadian Air Force. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ About Us
- ^ RCAF Spring Edition 2015, page 82