CFB Moose Jaw Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw or CFB Moose Jaw , is a Canadian Forces Base located south of Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan . It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home to flight training conducted by the Canadian Forces . Its primary RCAF lodger unit is 15 Wing , commonly referred to as 15 Wing Moose Jaw . The base ' s airfield is named after Air Vice - Marshal Clifford McEwen and is one of only three military aerodrome s in Canada to be named after an individual , Valcartier ( W / C J . H . L . ( Joe ) Lecomte ) Heliport and Cold Lake / Group Captain R . W . McNair Airport being the others . CFB Moose Jaw ' s airfield is also used by civilian aircraft , with civilian operations at the base referring to the facility as Moose Jaw / Air Vice Marshal C . M . McEwen Airport . The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency . The customs service is currently restricted to 15 Wing - Moose Jaw aircraft only . Base history . A civilian flying club aerodrome was established on the site south - southwest of Moose Jaw in 1928 by the Moose Jaw Flying Club . Its location surrounded by flat open prairie proved to be an ideal training site . RCAF Station Moose Jaw . The declaration of World War II saw the Moose Jaw Flying Club initially contracted to provide pilot training for the Royal Canadian Air Force , however this was soon replaced by the far larger British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ( BCATP ) which saw the Government of Canada acquire the aerodrome and completely reconstruct it into RCAF Station Moose Jaw in 1940 with the new aerodrome opening in 1941 . Initially the Royal Air Force trained exclusively at the base under the RAF ' s No . 32 Service Flying Training School ( SFTS ) ( ca . 1942 ) using Harvards , and later , Oxford s . No . 32 SFTS eventually broadened its intake to train 1 , 200 pilots for the air forces of Canada , the United Kingdom , Norway , New Zealand , Poland , France , Czechoslovakia , Belgium , the United States and the Netherlands . In 1946 RCAF Station Moose Jaw was decommissioned and the aerodrome was returned to civilian service after the war . Rising Cold War tensions saw the aerodrome reactivated by the RCAF in 1953 as the site of military pilot training . RCAF Station Moose Jaw undertook additional construction to support its expanded personnel complement . The base was used by the RCAF and its NATO allies for pilot training , using both single - prop World War II - era Harvards and CT - 133 Silver Star jet training aircraft . By the mid - 1960s these were both replaced by the Canadian built CT - 114 Tutor . The Institute for stained glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at RCAF Base Chapel . CFB Moose Jaw . In 1968 the RCAF merged with the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Navy to form the unified Canadian Forces . The base ' s name was changed to Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , usually shortened to CFB Moose Jaw . From 1968 until the formation of Air Command in 1975 , CFB Moose Jaw fell under the direction of Training Command and served to house the Tutor Jet Training Program . By the early 1990s , CFB Moose Jaw was operated by over 1 , 300 employees and made a significant economical impact on the region , but pending cutbacks in military spending spread rumours of possible closure of the base . In 1994 Bombardier Inc . put forth a proposal to provide what is now the NATO Flying Training in Canada program . The proposal was accepted and eliminated all worries that the base would be closed . Many of the base ' s structures were renovated to accommodate new personnel and new training aircraft . Pilots from Denmark , Singapore , Great Britain , Italy , Hungary , Germany , Finland and many other allied nations train at CFB Moose Jaw every year , ensuring the base ' s future with the Canadian Forces . From 1970 until its disbandment in 1993 Moose Jaw had a Base Rescue Flight flying three CH - 118 Huey helicopters . During a reorganization at AIRCOM in the late 1990s , CFB Moose Jaw ' s various AIRCOM units were placed under a new primary lodger unit called " 15 Wing " ; consequently the base is frequently referred to as 15 Wing Moose Jaw . Current operations . CFB Moose Jaw is home to the following units : The base is one of only two Canadian Forces facilities in Saskatchewan , the other being CFAD Dundurn , a detachment of 17 Wing , Winnipeg . 15 Wing annually holds an Armed Forces Day with flight demonstrations by the Snowbirds and foreign air force aircraft , as well as ground displays by Army and Navy Reserve units in the surrounding area .