Feds’ fighter jets decision puts a lot at risk

The CF-18 is viable to beyond 2025, according to the commander of the RCAF. Why didn't we listen to him and CF-18 operators and maintainers? The numbers have been fudged and the capability gap simply does not exist. We should not be trying to justify bad judgment.
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured in this file photo with Eugene Lang.
The government's fighter jet decision puts our sovereignty, economy and foreign relations at risk. The government has decided to buy 18 F/A-18 Super Hornets as an interim solution to Canada's longer-term requirement for a Next Generation Fighter Aircraft, but the decision is based on false premises...

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