Snowbird tragedy highlights need for deep dive into fleet’s future

With this most recent crash putting the Snowbirds back in the spotlight, and the COVID-19 crisis, it may be difficult for the government to justify the needed spending to replace the aging Tutor aircraft.

As to the future of the RCAF maintaining the Snowbirds, the hard truth is that the Tutors, which first entered service in 1963, will need to be replaced, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Sgt. Halina Folfas

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

June 3, 2020

OTTAWA—On Thursday, May 27, 431 Squadron of the RCAF held a celebration of life ceremony inside an aircraft hangar at CFB Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan. This sad tribute was to honour Captain Jennifer Casey, who lost her life on May 17 in a Tutor aircraft crash outside Kamloops, B.C. To meet the chal...

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