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5 Wing Goose Bay (also known as Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay or CFB Goose Bay), is a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) base located within the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. 5 Wing Goose Bay's mission is to support the Canadian Forces and allies in training and defence of North American airspace.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=5 Wing Goose Bay )〕 5 Wing Goose Bay's airfield is also used by civilian aircraft, with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Goose Bay Airport. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. The base is the home of 444 Combat Support Squadron and also serves as a forward operating location for RCAF CF-18 Hornet interceptors when on alert. ==History== While the flat and relatively weather-favored area around North West River had for years been under consideration for an airport for the anticipated North Atlantic air routes, it was not until Eric Fry of the Dominion Geodetic Survey investigated the area on 1 July 1941 that the Goose Bay location was selected. Fry beat by three days a similar United States Army Air Force (USAAF) survey team under Captain Elliott Roosevelt; the American team had first investigated nearby Epinette Point before joining Fry at the sandy plains that would become Goose Bay. These surveys used amphibian aircraft that landed at the Grenfell mission; from there the teams explored by boat.〔Hansen, 195-7〕 Eric Fry recalled: “The airport is actually located on the plateau at the west end of Terrington Basin but it is only five miles inland from the narrows between Goose Bay and Terrington Basin. Having a Gander air base in Newfoundland I suggested we call the Labrador site Goose Bay airport and the suggestion was accepted.”〔Carr, 84–85〕 Under pressure from Britain and the United States the Canadian Air Ministry worked at a record pace, and by November three 7,000-foot gravel runways were ready.〔Carr, 111〕 The first land aircraft movement was recorded on 9 December 1941. By spring of 1942 the base, now carrying the wartime code-name ''Alkali'', was bursting with air traffic destined for the United Kingdom. In time, the USAAF and the British Royal Air Force (RAF) each developed sections of the triangular base for their own use, but the airport remained under overall Canadian control despite its location in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The 99-year lease arrangement with the United Kingdom was not finalized until October 1944.〔Christie, 129〕 The northeast side of the facility was built to be a temporary RCAF base, complete with its own hangars and control tower, while the south side of the facility, built for the Americans, was being upgraded with its own aprons, hangars, earth covered magazines, control tower and infrastructure. The Canadian and American bases were built as an RCAF station〔(Military Presence In Labrador )〕 and later a United States Air Force base known as Goose AB, housing units of the Strategic Air Command〔(Strategic Air Command Bases )〕 and Aerospace Defense Command. It was later home to permanent detachments of the RAF, Luftwaffe, Aeronautica Militare, and Royal Netherlands Air Force, in addition to temporary deployments from several other NATO countries. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CFB Goose Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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