{"id":656922,"date":"2026-05-08T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656922\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:51:14","slug":"heads-up-langford-rcaf-aircraft-to-fly-over-for-military-soccer-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/656922\/","title":{"rendered":"Heads up Langford: RCAF aircraft to fly over for military soccer match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Heads up Langford: RCAF aircraft to fly over for military soccer match<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 2:40 pm Friday, May 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">\n                    By Goldstream News Gazette Staff\n                                      <\/p>\n<p>Before Pacific FC kicks off its Voyageurs Cup campaign, soccer fans will turn their eyes away from the turf and to the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Two Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft will fly over Starlight Stadium on May 9, at approximately 4 p.m., as part of the club\u2019s Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation game.<\/p>\n<p>A CC-295 Kingfisher from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron at 19 Wing Comox, and a from 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron at CFB Esquimalt, will fly at an altitude no lower than 500 feet above the highest obstacle on their route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlybys by Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft are carefully planned and closely controlled for public safety, and are dependent upon weather and flying conditions,\u201d notes a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Over 100 Canadian Armed Forces members and veterans from across Vancouver Island will be in the stands for the Pacific FC showdown against Calgary-based Cavalry FC.<\/p>\n<p>The CC-295 Kingfisher is Canada\u2019s newest fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft, specifically designed to perform search and rescue missions across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The CH-148 Cyclone is Canada\u2019s ship-borne maritime helicopter, providing air support to the Royal Canadian Navy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heads up Langford: RCAF aircraft to fly over for military soccer match Published 2:40 pm Friday, May 8,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-656922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}