The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force Police Sentry Dog Program which ensured the
                         protection of the RCAF nuclear strike capability in West Germany from 1963 to 1972 has been
                         gathered and compiled in chronological order.

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - RCAF Sentry Dog Program
• Chapter 3 - Training
• Chapter 4 - RCAF 3(F) WING
• Chapter 5 - RCAF 4(F) WING
• Chapter 6 - CAF 1 WING
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 • Chapter 1 explains how the growing threat to eastern Europe of invasion by the Soviet Union
prompted NATO to adopt a new defensive strategy which led to the development of a Nuclear
Strike capability in 1963 for RCAF CF 104 aircraft stationed in occupied West Germany.

• Chapter 2 describes the selection requirements for both dog & handler, how their individual
      personalities are meshed into an inter-dependent relationship. The feeding, hygene and
working life of a dog is described in detail.
 • Chapter 3 outlines in detail the methods used to develop a dog into a superb and dangerous
weapon with its only reward the praise & affection of its master.


• Chapters 4, 5, & 6 describe the on-going operations of the Sentry Dog Program.
               Read in the Handlers’ own words the humor & hi-jinks they resorted to on occasion to overcome
  the tedium of walking their post alone with their dog, always in the dark and in every kind of
weather, guarding Canada’s nuclear strike aircraft.
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