Canada’s 40-Year-Old CF-18 Hornets Are Running Out of Airframe Life. Replacing Them Became Its Biggest-Ever Fighter Fight
For four decades the CF-18 Hornet has been the backbone of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and it is now worn out and running short of airframe life. Replacing it should have been simple after Canada…
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