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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

New RCAF Aircraft to be Operational in 2026; but No Decision on Replacement Yet

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By: David Puligese, The Royal Canadian Air Force will be operating the first nine aircraft from its new fleet of fighter jets starting in 20...

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Liberals Limiting Options for Interim Fighter Solution

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By: Murray Brewster, CBC News Talks with the Pentagon about filling the Canadian air force's short-term need for jet fighters remain on...

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Defence Experts Reject "Capability-Gap" and Interim Fighter Plan

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In a new survey, 88 percent of the country’s top experts on defence and security agreed the government should cancel its proposed interim ...

Friday, June 2, 2017

Ottawa suspends talks with Boeing over Super Hornet jet purchase

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By: STEVEN CHASE AND NICOLAS VAN PRAET The Globe and Mail The Trudeau government has suspended negotiations with Boeing Co. to purchase ...

Friday, May 19, 2017

Bombardier-Boeing Fight Could Kill Super-Hornet Buy: Freeland

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By: Ross Marowits and Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press The federal government hinted Thursday that Boeing should not take future milita...

Monday, March 6, 2017

Bids For Permanent Fleet to Replace CF-18s Expected in 2019

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By: David Pugliese, The National Post The Liberal government plans to request bids for a new fleet of fighter jets as early as 2019, whic...

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Hawn: Choosing Super Hornet will Ground Canada's Air Force

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By: Lt.-Col. (Retired) Hon. Laurie Hawn, The Ottawa Citizen “Per Ardua Ad Dis-Astra.” This altered RCAF motto sums up what the federal the ...

Thursday, February 2, 2017

A Deeper look at the necessity of a mixed RCAF Fighter Fleet

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By: Alexis Amini, NATO Association Despite the military and economic benefits of having a mixed fighter fleet composed of the 5th generati...

RCAF to Face Challenge with Old and New fighter Fleets

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By: Murray Brewster, CBC News A team of U.S. warplane experts has been invited to brief Canadian officials on what the Royal Canadian Air Fo...

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

US Navy Grounds all F/A-18 Super Hornets

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By: David Pugliese, The Ottawa Citizen The U.S. Navy temporarily grounded all its Super Hornet fighter jets — the same type of plane Canada...

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Government to Buy 18 F/A-18 Super Hornets as Stop Gap before Competition

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By: Daniel Maillet, CAF Dispatch Author This afternoon the Government of Canada announced that it will pursue the purchase of 18 Boeing F/...

New fighter jets could cost more than Liberals Projected

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By: DANIEL LEBLANC AND STEVEN CHASE , The Globe and Mail The Liberal Party promised massive savings on the purchase of new fighter jets ...

Cabinet could decide fighter jet plan as early as Today

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By: Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press An RAAF F/A-18 Super Hornet. Australia recently purchased the Super Hornet as a stop-gap measure ...

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Government Again Considering Sole-Source Super Hornet Buy

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By: David Pugliese, National Post A Liberal government proposal to buy Super Hornet fighter jets as a replacement for the air force’s aging...

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Canada Expected to Launch new Fighter Competition

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By: David Pugliese, National Post Canadian firms have now won $1 billion worth of work on the F-35 fighter jet, a selling point that aircra...

Thursday, September 29, 2016

U.S. approves Boeing, Lockheed fighter jet sales to Middle East Allies

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Announced late yesterday, the US has approved sales of both the F-15, F-16, and F/A-18 Super Hornet to three Middle Eastern allies. This ne...

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