US Government has approved the sale of 10 F/A-18E and 8 F/A-18F Super Hornets plus spares to Canada to the tune of 5.23 million dollars.
http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales...rcraft-support
Hopefully this never happens, as it makes no sense to spend that kind of cash on an interim fleet of 18 aircraft to meet a requirement that doesn't really exist. Save it for the true replacement aircraft.
I hope there's a public outcry for the completely waste of money here.
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Originally posted by surfgun View PostApparently the US legacy Hornets are a bit rougher than anticipated.
https://news.usni.org/2017/06/15/nav...ars-grow-based
Hopefully the Canadian birds can keep flying until the Government can decide, well something.
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Apparently the US legacy Hornets are a bit rougher than anticipated.
https://news.usni.org/2017/06/15/nav...ars-grow-based
Hopefully the Canadian birds can keep flying until the Government can decide, well something.Last edited by surfgun; 16 Jun 17,, 03:10.
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They'll kick the can down the road until Trudeau leaves office I expect. Then have a quick competition and buy F-35s. Hopefully before the wings fall off their Hornets...
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Maybe they will get rid of their legacy Hornets. Still have 4 18C squadrons after all these years.
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Well the USN apparently wants 80 more super bugs.
https://news.usni.org/2017/06/13/nav...hter-shortfall
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So the Canadian Government is now fueding with Boeing over Boeing's claims that canadian company Bombardier has been 'price dumping' their new CS100/300 commercial airliners onto the market.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sajj...nsec-1.4139748
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/boei...lled-1.4141267
If you ask me the government was looking for a way out of the Super Hornet purchase which was fairly uniformly criticized from where I stand, while also re-opening the door to buying the F-35 after making campaign promises not to buy the Lightning II.
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Considering brand new f-15's are being built today and there are thousands in graveyards parts for that plane shouldn't be a problem for 20+ years.
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A damning analysis of Trudeau's decision to buy the SH.
https://warontherocks.com/2017/02/su...rican-defense/
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More likely, Der Donald will claim six months from now that he never made such a tweet and brag about how his salesmanship means the F-35 is the bestselling stealth fighter in the world.
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Originally posted by SteveDaPirate View PostI'm hoping it's a case of Trump trying to scare Lockheed a bit resulting in some concessions for LRIP 10.
What I'm afraid of is that Trump's buys into the rampant speculation and bad press regarding the F-35 more than what his military advisors have to say about it.
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