Canada is scrapping a plan to buy 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets amid a deepening dispute with the U.S. aerospace company, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Instead, the Liberal government will announce next week it intends to acquire a used fleet of older Australia F-18 jets, the same kind of plane Canada currently operates, said the sources, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Instead, the Liberal government will announce next week it intends to acquire a used fleet of older Australia F-18 jets, the same kind of plane Canada currently operates, said the sources, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation.
While this makes more sense than an interim fleet of Super Hornet's, unless the RCAF is simply planning on using these planes for spares, it does not make a lot of sense to me. If we plan on flying them, I'm sure the RAAF will be retiring the most worn F/A-18A's first, and they will have to undergo modifications to bring them up to the same avionics package as the current CF-18s.
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