Nearly half of Canada’s air fleet not serviceable to meet readiness and training standards in 2020-21

The drop in serviceability comes as the Liberal government has yet to name a winning bid for a future fighter jet, which it says it will do this year.

A CF-18 from 3 Wing Bagotville is pictured at Thule Air Base in Greenland in March 2021. COVID-19 work restrictions at 3 Wing Bagotville were cited for contributing to a 11.8 per cent serviceability drop for Canada's fighter jet fleet. Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Armed Forces/Master Corporal Gary Calvé

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 9, 2022

With an aging air fleet and COVID-19 workplace restrictions in place, a Canadian military departmental results report found that only 55 per cent of Canada’s air fleet is serviceable to meet Canada’s readiness and training requirements. The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forc...

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