RCAF completes fall resupply to Canadian Forces Station Alert

The Royal Canadian Air Force completed its fall Operation BOXTOP resupply mission to Canadian Forces Station Alert on October 30, delivering all planned dry cargo and the anticipated fuel volume.

The mission ran from October 8 to 30 and staged through Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. The Department of National Defence said the operation combined fuel and dry-cargo delivery to the High Arctic station.

Over the past 20 years, BOXTOP missions have averaged about 650,000 pounds of dry cargo and 1.5 million litres of fuel annually, according to the department. Alert is Canada’s northernmost permanently inhabited location and depends on air resupply.

Source: Department of National Defence news release (October 30, 2026).

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