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{{Short description|Canadian Forces base in Manitoba}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox airport | name = CFB Shilo | nativename =<small>Shilo (Flewin Field) Heliport</small> | nativename-a = <small>ASU Shilo</small> | image = Shilo 1987 1.jpg | caption = CFB Shilo in 1987 | TC = | type = Military | owner = [[Government of Canada]] | operator = [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|DND]] | city-served = | location = Shilo, [[Municipality of North Cypress β Langford]] / [[Municipality of Glenboro β South Cypress]] | hub = | built = 1932 | used = 1910 | commander = Lieutenant-Colonel D.R. Cronk | occupants = <!-- military airports --> | timezone = [[Central Time Zone|CST]] | utc = [[UTCβ06:00]] | summer = CDT | utcs = [[UTCβ05:00]] | elevation-f = 1,225 | website = http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/cfb-shilo/index.page | coordinates = {{coord|49|48|N|099|38|W|region:CA-MB|display=inline,title}}<ref>Location is for the now closed heliport. Other data is for Shilo (Flewin Field) Heliport</ref> | pushpin_map = Manitoba#Canada | pushpin_label = CFB Shilo | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manitoba | h1-number = | h1-length-f = 66 Γ 66 | h1-length-m = 20 Γ 20 | h1-surface = n/a | footnotes = Sources: [[Canada Flight Supplement]]<ref name="CFS">{{CFS}}</ref> }} '''Canadian Forces Base Shilo''' ('''CFB Shilo'''; {{langx|fr|Base des Forces canadiennes Shilo β BFC Shilo}}) is an operations and training base of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]], located {{convert|35|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba]] and adjacent to [[Sprucewoods]].<ref name="CFS"/><ref name="CFBS">[http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/cfb-shilo/index.page Canadian Forces Base Shilo]</ref> During the 1990s, [[Canadian Forces base|Canadian Forces Base]] Shilo was also designated as an Area Support Unit, which acts as a local base of operations for south-west Manitoba in times of military and civil emergency. It is located at the very south-west corner of the [[Municipality of North Cypress β Langford]],<ref>[http://www.townofcarberry.ca Town of Carberry]</ref> and the very northwest corner of the [[Municipality of Glenboro β South Cypress]]. Additionally, it lies adjacent to the eastern border of the [[Rural Municipality of Cornwallis]]. The base has an 18-hole golf course, which hosts numerous military and civilian golf events.
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