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Maritime Air Command
Motto: Seaward
The badge and motto, derived from those originally approved for Eastern Air Command, typify the Command's primary function. Eastern Air Command, which had been formed on 15 September 1938, with headquarters at Halifax, directed air operations on the Atlantic coast of Canada throughout the war. Disbanded on 28 February 1947, E.A.C. was succeeded by 10 Group, which became Maritime Group on 1 April 1949, and Maritime Air Command on 1 June 1953. Unlike E.A.C., which had a geographical basis, Maritime Air Command - is a functional command controlling all maritime air operations of the R.C.A.F.