Featured in CF-18BYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022ShareCanada Has Selected The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter To Replace Its CF-18 HornetsAfter 25 years of investing in the program and one prior decision to buy it, Canada is once again an F-35 customer. BYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022ShareBYThomas NewdickNov 27, 2020ShareHow A Canadian Pilot Became The First Westerner To Fly The Feared MiG-29 FulcrumWith only minutes to prepare, CF-18 Hornet pilot Bob Wade was let loose in the cockpit of one of the Soviet Union’s latest fighter jets. BYThomas NewdickNov 27, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019ShareCanadian Auditors Slam Surplus Aussie Hornet Buy, Describe Fighter Force In CollapseThe watchdog says that buying old jets won’t make up for a worrying lack pilots and maintainers to support the jets Canada has now. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 22, 2018ShareU.S. OKs Canada’s Purchase Of 25 Second-Hand Australian F/A-18 HornetsThe badly needed airframes will begin arriving in Canada in the Summer of 2019 if everything goes as planned. BYTyler RogowaySep 22, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 21, 2018ShareCanada May Make It Much Harder For U.S. To Win Its Hornet Replacement Fighter ContractWith a chill spreading over historically toasty U.S.-Canada relations, Ottawa may penalize the U.S. by making its fighters less competitive. BYTyler RogowayJun 21, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2017ShareCanada May Buy AIM-120D Missiles That Outrange Its CF-18’s Radar’s ReachA fighter needs an AESA radar to get the most out of the AIM-120D, something Canada’s Hornets don’t have. BYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017ShareIt’s Official, Canada Pens Formal Letter Of Interest For Surplus Aussie F/A-18 HornetsOttawa has few other options but to procure the second-hand jets to bolster the RCAF’s rapidly aging CF-18 fleet. BYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2016ShareCanada To Purchase 18 Super Hornets While Future Fighter Competition LoomsCanada sensibly moves forward with negotiations to buy 18 Super Hornets while preparing for a major fighter competition to replace its CF-18 fleet. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2016Share
BYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022ShareCanada Has Selected The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter To Replace Its CF-18 HornetsAfter 25 years of investing in the program and one prior decision to buy it, Canada is once again an F-35 customer. BYThomas NewdickMar 28, 2022Share
BYThomas NewdickNov 27, 2020ShareHow A Canadian Pilot Became The First Westerner To Fly The Feared MiG-29 FulcrumWith only minutes to prepare, CF-18 Hornet pilot Bob Wade was let loose in the cockpit of one of the Soviet Union’s latest fighter jets. BYThomas NewdickNov 27, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019ShareCanadian Auditors Slam Surplus Aussie Hornet Buy, Describe Fighter Force In CollapseThe watchdog says that buying old jets won’t make up for a worrying lack pilots and maintainers to support the jets Canada has now. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 8, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 22, 2018ShareU.S. OKs Canada’s Purchase Of 25 Second-Hand Australian F/A-18 HornetsThe badly needed airframes will begin arriving in Canada in the Summer of 2019 if everything goes as planned. BYTyler RogowaySep 22, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 21, 2018ShareCanada May Make It Much Harder For U.S. To Win Its Hornet Replacement Fighter ContractWith a chill spreading over historically toasty U.S.-Canada relations, Ottawa may penalize the U.S. by making its fighters less competitive. BYTyler RogowayJun 21, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2017ShareCanada May Buy AIM-120D Missiles That Outrange Its CF-18’s Radar’s ReachA fighter needs an AESA radar to get the most out of the AIM-120D, something Canada’s Hornets don’t have. BYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017ShareIt’s Official, Canada Pens Formal Letter Of Interest For Surplus Aussie F/A-18 HornetsOttawa has few other options but to procure the second-hand jets to bolster the RCAF’s rapidly aging CF-18 fleet. BYTyler RogowayOct 13, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2016ShareCanada To Purchase 18 Super Hornets While Future Fighter Competition LoomsCanada sensibly moves forward with negotiations to buy 18 Super Hornets while preparing for a major fighter competition to replace its CF-18 fleet. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2016Share
