Upgrades are coming to 5 Wing Goose Bay according to Defence Minister Anita Anand who toured the facilities this morning.
The minister met with Premier Andrew Furey in St. John’s and joined the Prime Minister in Stephenville yesterday.
Anand was briefed this morning on operations at 5 Wing Goose Bay, a facility strategically placed to help protect North American airspace. She says 5 Wing Goose Bay is one of four northern locations that will receive base upgrades through infrastructure funding under the country’s NORAD modernization plan.
The federal government earlier this year announced a total of $38.6 billion dollar over the coming decades for the modernization of Canada’s NORAD capabilities.
$15.68 billion of that funding is allocated for new infrastructure and support capabilities according to Minister Anand.