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A sensible decision CAF pilots weren't happy going on patrols over the frozen wastes of Northern Canada in a single engine fighter.


http://www.popularmechanics.com/militar ... -18-order/

To my thinking this may be the start of something, but Canada has a history of military contracts being used in political situations so I am not going to leap in that direction.

So the question is are they going for the Typhoon, Rafale or the F-15? There isn't a lot else from the west.

Plans are in the works to purchase 18 Super Hornets as a temporary solution.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fighter ... -1.3862210

And the per unit cost of the F-35 continues to go up.....

I read that Boeing are pushing the F/A-18 to European Airforces as many are getting fed up the F-35 delays and, as they say, it's combat proven.

The F-35 will be a good 5th gen aircraft eventually. Unfortunately it is not delivering on the things LM said it would deliver on by now and who can blame a country like Canada for bailing out on the program. If I'm a RCAF pilot, I don't want to be patrolling the high arctic at night, in the dead of winter, relying on a single engine to keep running to keep me alive.

They can have Super Hornets within 2 years, they cost way less, they have two engines and are the big brother of what they already fly. Seems like a no-brainer really.

MIKE JG wrote:The F-35 will be a good 5th gen aircraft eventually. Unfortunately it is not delivering on the things LM said it would deliver on by now and who can blame a country like Canada for bailing out on the program. If I'm a RCAF pilot, I don't want to be patrolling the high arctic at night, in the dead of winter, relying on a single engine to keep running to keep me alive.

They can have Super Hornets within 2 years, they cost way less, they have two engines and are the big brother of what they already fly. Seems like a no-brainer really.

Spot on Mike they've made the right decision.