The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow is a delta-winged interceptor aircraft, designed and built by Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada) in Malton, Ontario, Canada, as the culmination of a design study that began in 1953. An advanced technical and aerodynamic achievement for the Canadian aviation industry, the CF-105 is capable of Mach 3+ speeds at altitudes exceeding 70,000 ft (21,000 m), and served as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor from the 1960s until the Canadian military's comprehensive modernization in the 1980s. Limited numbers of Arrows still serve the RCAF in a strategic reconnaissance role. If a surface-to-air missile launch is detected, the standard evasive action is simply to accelerate and outfly the missile.
An Avro Arrow in Golden Hawks colors.
Arrow is widely considered a triumph of Canadian engineering, and both Avro Canada and Orenda Aerospace, who built the Arrow's Orenda PS.13 Iroquois engines, gained excellent reputations based on the Arrow's success.
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Canada
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- No. 3 Operational Training Unit RCAF
- No. 409 Squadron RCAF
- No. 410 Squadron RCAF
- No. 414 Squadron RCAF
- No. 416 Squadron RCAF
- No. 419 Squadron RCAF
- No. 423 Squadron RCAF
- No. 425 Squadron RCAF
- No. 432 Squadron RCAF
- No. 433 Squadron RCAF
- No. 440 Squadron RCAF
- No. 441 Squadron RCAF
- Royal Canadian Air Force
West Japan
- Republic of Japan Air Force
- 2nd Kokudan
- 201st Hikōtai
- 203rd Hikōtai
- 5th Kokudan
- 202nd Hikōtai
- 204th Hikōtai
- 6th Kokudan
- 205th Hikōtai
- 7th Kokudan
- 206th Hikōtai
- 207th Hikōtai
- 2nd Kokudan
- Republic of Japan Air Force
