Tom Cruise isn’t going to save our skies

No one in Air Force leadership is willing to admit that they have dropped so far below a sustainable personnel level that they can no longer train the next-generation fighter pilots.

The blockbuster Top Gun sequel didn’t send hordes of young men and women racing to the nearest RCAF recruiting centre, and if it had, the depleted RCAF Fighter Wing is hard pressed to absorb them, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Cpl. Manuela Berger

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

March 25, 2024

OTTAWA—For those who closely follow news about the Canadian Armed Forces in general, and the Royal Canadian Air Force in particular, it will come as no shock to learn that they are currently suffering from a crippling shortage of trained personnel.

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