VICTORIA --
Vancouver Island residents can expect to see and hear fighter jets in the skies later this month as the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CF-18 demonstration team conducts spring training at CFB Comox.
The annual event is scheduled to last just over a week, running from May 16 to 24.
While the arrival of the aerobatics team often draws onlookers to the Comox region, the demonstration team is asking the public not to gather at or near the base due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“While the team is very excited to be returning for spring training in Comox, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic they request that members of the public follow the public health measures recommended by the Public Health Agency of Canada and the British Columbia Ministry of Health and do not come to 19 Wing Comox to watch the practice,” the team said in a statement Thursday.