In addition, Lockheed Martin has confirmed that Canadian funding and participation in the F-35 program continues unchanged, with the firm still planning for deliveries to the RCAF. Finley’s spokesman, Marcel Poulin, said in an email.Ĭanada’s air force and the Department of National Defence have long favoured the F-35 to replace the CF-18, having selected it in 2006 as the only fighter that can meet the country’s needs. “The CF-18s are being life-extended to maintain a fighter capability through 2025,” Ms. “They keep repeating the lines about extending the life of the CF-18s until 2025.”Īsked to comment on the leaked briefing, the office of Public Works Minister Diane Finley issued a statement saying no decision has been made on replacing the CF-18s.
“They’re not even prepared to acknowledge the facts of this when we have it in black and white,” Mr. “This is going on behind the backs of Canadians after the debacle that we’ve had with the F-35,” NDP defence critic Jack Harris said Friday. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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