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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
You don't need a CFB a la Cold Lake. As Whynotnow points out, you operate out of civilian airports. For an example, look at the Yellowknife airport, which will probably be the Northern operating base. An advantage of using a civilian airport is you can leverage pilots who are in the RCAF Reserve but fly for, for example, Air Canada.
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Winnipeg and Yellowknife are bases. It's not that easy to just base your aircraft at a random civilian airport. You also have to consider support staff, maintenance, equipment etc. It's one thing to deploy short term and another to actually be stationed somewhere.