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Boeing Pitch Super Hornets That Can Carry 14 Missiles In Formal Sales To Canada

Boeing Pitch Super Hornets That Can Carry 14 Missiles In Formal Sales To Canada

Credits: Boeing Royal Canadian Air Force is looking to replace Canada’s aging fleet of fighter jets with new fighter jets. Four companies are vying for the multibillion-dollar contract for as many as 88 fighters that would replace the RCAF’s 1980s-vintage Hornets, which in Canadian service are designated “CF-18.” Attempts to …

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Fuel Delivery System Failure Caused Canadian Forces Snowbird October 2019 Crash: Investigation Report

Fuel Delivery System Failure Caused Canadian Forces Snowbird October 2019 Crash: Investigation Report

A Canadian Forces photo of the impact area of the Snowbird CT-114 aircraft that crashed on October 13, 2019. DND Photo The Department of National Defence’s Airworthiness Investigative Authority has issued the final report in relation to a crash involving a Snowbirds CT-114 Tutor aircraft in Hampton, Ga., on Oct. …

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Royal Canadian Air Force Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter Crashed Into Ionian Sea Between Greece & Italy

Royal Canadian Air Force Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter Crashed Into Ionian Sea Between Greece & Italy

Credits: ItaMilRadar and Photo 148822: HMCS Toronto July 2019 A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone helicopter has gone down in the Ionian Sea west of the island Kefalonia in the Italian Flight Information Region on Wednesday 29 April 2020. This is between Greece and Italy. One body …

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Boeing offered new version of F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter jet to Canada

Boeing offered new version of F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter jet to Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force is looking to replace Canada’s aging fleet of fighter jets with new fighter jets. Four companies are vying for the multibillion-dollar contract for as many as 88 fighters that would replace the RCAF’s 1980s-vintage Hornets, which in Canadian service are designated “CF-18.” Attempts to replace 3-decade-old …

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