British Columbia History

Comox Air Force Museum

Jon Ambler’s handshake is like warm granite. The retired colonel welcomes me to Comox Air Force Museum (CAFM) with a sparkle in his eye: “We’ve had visitors from every continent except one — Antarctica.” With a political science/history degree and 30 years as a Long Range Patrol Squadron navigator, including three years as Comox Base Commander, he’s a font of knowledge about West Coast aviation history and was hired as program manager and volunteer coordinator 10 years ago. “When I was in the Air Force,

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