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Canada’s Real F-35 Stealth Fighter Problem

A new report from the Canadian Forces College warns that the F-35’s high sustainment costs and poor mission-capable rates ...
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Canada Will Get 16 Paid-For F-35s, Decision Pending on the Remaining Jets

Secretary of State for Defense Procurement Stephen Fuhr said Canada has no plans to exit the contract for the 16 F-35s already in production, with a decision pending on the remaining 72 jets. Canada ...

Think F-35 fighter jets are all-American? Canada actually plays a major role in production

Rising trade tensions with the U.S., along with questions about Canada’s sovereignty, initiated a review of the purchase of F ...

It's 'full steam ahead' for the F-35 program until told otherwise, defence official says

A House of Commons committee has been told that planning and construction of new facilities for the RCAF's new F-35s is ...

Fifth-gen fighters like the F-35 are now the bare minimum needed to get the edge in a modern air war, Royal Air Force officer says

Current fights show how tough the air war is getting, a Royal Air Force officer said. That's why sixth-gen tech is needed as ...

CBS News on board as Chinese jets intercept Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships

China sent fighter jets to intercept a Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships breaching U.N. sanctions.

Ukraine could get 150 advanced Swedish fighter jets under just-signed deal

New NATO member Sweden has said it is willing to sell Ukraine up to 150 of its most advanced fighter jets, the first offer from a member of the alliance to supply significant numbers of jets to Kyiv, ...