The band usually performs for RCAF change of command ceremonies, military funerals, and other major occasions in the National Capital Region.

Each year, band leads the Remembrance Day parade in Ottawa near the National War Memorial, and even provides a lone piper to play Lament during the honors ceremony.

The band took part in a 75th anniversary ceremony on Parliament Hill in recognition of the Battle of Britain in September 2015.

[7] The Pipe Band wear a modified highland dress that features Scottish uniforms augmented with a kilt patterned in the RCAF Tartan.

It was approved by the Air Council and was subsequently sent to the Lord Lyon King of Arms on 13 July 1942 to request it become the official RCAF tartan.