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Instead, Canada was seeking to purchase surplus Hornets from Australia or Kuwait. [74] [75] [76] Canada has since acquired 25 ex-Australian F/A-18A/Bs, the first two of which were delivered in February 2019. [77] 18 of these airframes will be introduced into active service with the remaining 7 to be used for spare parts and testing. [78]
In 1991, Canada committed 26 CF-18s to the Gulf War on Operation Friction. [N 3] The CF-18s were based in Doha, Qatar. During the Gulf War, Canadian pilots flew more than 5,700 hours, including 2,700 combat air patrol missions. These aircraft were taken from Canada's airbase in Germany, CFB Baden-Soellingen. In the beginning the CF-18s began ...
In September 2017, the U.S. State Department granted Canada permission to buy 10 F/A-18Es and 8 F/A-18Fs (or EA-18Gs) along with supporting equipment, spares, and armaments; the agreed cost totaled CA$1.5 billion, or about CA$83.3 million per aircraft, adding the supporting equipment, training, spares, and weapons increased the acquisition cost ...
On 28 March 2022, the Government of Canada announced that the competition had placed the F-35A first and planned to buy 88 of them. Under procurement rules, the government entered into negotiations with Lockheed Martin. [35] On 9 January 2023, the government of Canada officially ordered 88 F-35As. [36] [37]
410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron (French: 410 e Escadron d'entraînement opérationnel à l'appui tactique), nicknamed the "Cougars", is a Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft squadron currently at Canada's primary training base for the CF-18 (Canadian Forces version of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet), at Cold Lake, Alberta.
A North Carolina father is facing criminal charges after authorities allege he left his child isolated in a room with a space heater for more than 12 hours, leading to his death.
From 1982, the Canadian Forces started to acquire CF-18 Hornets; 425 received them in 1985 [1] and still flies them today. [2] In 2005, 433 Squadron was merged into 425 Squadron. In 2008, the squadron was awarded its first battle honour since the Second World War for its part in Operation Allied Force .
It's a comment from president-elect Donald Trump that caught many people off guard. "We're going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," he said.