It operates CF-18 Hornet fighter jets from CFB Bagotville in Quebec, Canada.

433 Squadron formed at RAF Skipton-on-Swale on 25 September 1943, but was without aircraft for nearly two months.

When these arrived they were the latest version of the Handley Page Halifax, the Mk III, and No.

433 Squadron reformed as an All-Weather (Fighter) unit at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, on 15 November 1954, and moved to CFB North Bay, Ontario, in October 1955, the squadron flew CF-100 Canuck aircraft on North American air defence until disbanded on 1 August 1961.

433 Escadrille tactique de combat (ETAC) was a French language squadron of Mobile Command based at CFB Bagotville, Quebec.