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Canada’s 40-year-old CF-18 Hornets are running out of airframe life. Replacing them became its biggest-ever fighter fight
For four decades the CF-18 Hornet has been the backbone of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and it is now worn out and running ...
Key Points and Summary - Canada's CF-18 Hornet, a 1980s-era jet, is "obsolete," "insufficient" for a modern NATO conflict, and "dangerous" to its own pilots. -Despite a 9-year upgrade program to fix ...
The CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team and the F/A-18 Swiss Hornet Solo Display will not fly for the 2025 airshow season to focus resources on modernization and training. The Royal Canadian Air Force and ...
The RCAF will not receive its first F-35 until 2026 and will not have its full complement until 2032, leaving a marginally effective force of CF-18s that cannot perform high end NATO missions. A ...
Canada's first F-35s are expected to arrive in 2026, and its CF-18 fleet is scheduled to retire by 2032. (Senior Airman Erica Webster/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — Canada on Monday announced plans to ...
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