Canadian Veterans Forum
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Fighter Jets

+51
Armoured
Kizzer
Thunder
Falcon
Braven
Jumper
Dalton
RazzorSharp))
Logan
Wolfman
Firestrike
Jeremiah
Wolverine
Sandman
kodiak
Cypher
Jackal
Proctor
Cooper
Marshall
Delta
Mojave
Charlie
RevForce
Stanleyz
Phrampton
Diesel
Viper
Apollo
Alpha
Stealth
Scorpion
Ironman
Hammercore
Powergunner
Saulman
Rockarm
Zoneforce
Lonestar
Jackson
Lincoln
JAFO
SniperGod
Vizzer
Victor
Silversun
Trooper
RunningLight
Accer
Spider
Forcell
55 posters

Page 2 of 7 Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  Next

Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Lincoln Sat 16 Jun 2018, 10:20 am

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Cf18-sized

Canada to buy more used Australian fighter jets - number goes from 18 to 25

DAVID PUGLIESE, OTTAWA CITIZEN ---June 15, 2018

Lincoln
Lincoln
Advocate Coordinator

Posts : 195
Join date : 2018-05-11

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Accer Fri 27 Jul 2018, 3:30 pm

Federal auditor general to dive into contentious fighter-jet 'capability gap'

July 26, 2018

Fighter Jets - Page 2 CPT120489279

Accer
Accer
CF Coordinator

Posts : 459
Join date : 2017-10-07

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Jackson Fri 27 Jul 2018, 3:55 pm

Jackson
Jackson
Registered User

Posts : 299
Join date : 2018-07-04

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Lonestar Wed 26 Sep 2018, 5:46 pm

Conservatives say Canadian Armed Forces getting substandard equipment

By posted by: Rattan Mall - September 26, 2018

Fighter Jets - Page 2 CON-FOR-MIN-ROB-NICHOLSON-336x420

Lonestar
Lonestar
Registered User

Posts : 242
Join date : 2017-10-14

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Forcell Wed 03 Oct 2018, 12:38 pm

Canada's fighter jet debacle: This is no way to run a military

National Post
David Krayden
October 3, 2018

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Cf-18_hornet

Forcell
Forcell
CF Coordinator

Posts : 539
Join date : 2017-10-08

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Fighter Jets?

Post by Zoneforce Sun 11 Nov 2018, 9:36 am

Fighter Jets - Page 2 7865493j



November 11, 2018

F-35 vs. the Rest: Which Of These 5 Planes Will Be Canada's New Fighter Jet?


T he Canadian government just released a draft tender seeking information from five companies who will compete for the eighty-eight-jet, $26 billion (USD $20 billion) order. The contenders will likely be the Eurofighter Typhoon, France’s Dassault Rafale, Sweden’s Saab Gripen, and for the United States, Boeing’s F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin’s F-35. The actual bidding is supposed to begin in May 2019, with the aircraft entering service in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) by the mid-2020s.

How to replace Canada’s thirty-five-year-old CF-18s—the Canadian version of the U.S. F/A-18 Hornet—has been a political hot potato juggled between Canada’s political parties, as well as the Trump administration and Canada.

The twists and turns in the saga include Canada nixing a proposed buy of Super Hornet last year after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier. Ottawa now plans to buy twenty-five used F/A-18 Hornets from Australia as a stopgap until a brand-new fighter jet is selected. At the same time, Canada ponied up another C$54 million (US$41 million) to remain a member of the international F-35 consortium, to which Canada has contributed a half-billion dollars over the past twenty years.


As if that wasn’t enough, the current Liberal party government just changed the bidding requirements , put out by the previous Conservative party government and thought to favor the F-35, in favor of new requirements that will make it easier for European companies to win the fighter contract.

The issue “has become extremely politicized as the current government tries to find ways to meet its election campaign promises of holding an open and transparent competition but not buying the F-35,” David Stone, a defense expert at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, told the National Interest. “They now realize that they cannot actually exclude the F-35 if they are to hold an open and transparent competition.”

Stone sees the Canadian government having to grapple with two issues. One involves offsets, or how much the winning aircraft manufacturer will invest in Canada. “This will be complicated on the government side because the MOU [memorandum of understanding] for belonging to the F-35 Consortium indicates nations agree that there will be no offsets. Should the government choose the F-35, it must be able to have a narrative that indicates it is getting more benefit from the opportunity to be part of the supply chain for all F-35s, versus getting benefits for just 88 [Canadian] planes. Should government choose a different aircraft, they will need to have a narrative to deal with the loss of business opportunity to all of those industries now part of the F-35 development supply chain.”


Then there is the fact that 2019 is an election year that will inevitably make the fighter competition a political issue. “It is further complicated for Canadians because former Canadian Forces officers are indicating their support or not for the F-35 on issues like a single engine, interoperability, etc.,” Stone says. “For example, the test pilots for the F-35 and the Super Hornet are both past F-18 Squadron Commanders in the RCAF.”

Missing from all the politicking and economics is a discussion over which aircraft is actually better for Canada, which preferred the original CF-18 in part because it had two engines rather than single-engine planes such as the F-15, F-16 and French Mirage F-1 (the F-35 also has one engine). One consideration is that the RCAF has to patrol and protect a vast swathe of Arctic territory, a region rich in mineral resources and shipping routes that are coveted by multiple nations, including Russia and the United States.



Zoneforce
Zoneforce
News Coordinator

Posts : 354
Join date : 2017-10-11

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by RunningLight Mon 19 Nov 2018, 4:00 pm

Auditor general takes aim at Liberals' fighter-jet plan with new probe

The Canadian Press
NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Cpt118513555-jpg

RunningLight
RunningLight
Benefits Coordinator

Posts : 288
Join date : 2017-10-12

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Rockarm Tue 20 Nov 2018, 12:54 pm

Air force getting more planes but won't have pilots, auditor warns

Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Image

Rockarm
Rockarm
CF Coordinator

Posts : 312
Join date : 2018-01-31

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Lonestar Tue 20 Nov 2018, 8:29 pm

Conservatives claim Liberals ‘invented’ gap in capabilities of Canadian Armed Forces

November 20 2018


Lonestar
Lonestar
Registered User

Posts : 242
Join date : 2017-10-14

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Lonestar Tue 20 Nov 2018, 8:39 pm

Canadian Forces spending $500M on fighter jets but won’t have anyone to fly them, auditor warns


Published:
November 20, 2018

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Ag_fighters_20181120-e1542735979527

Lonestar
Lonestar
Registered User

Posts : 242
Join date : 2017-10-14

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Lonestar Tue 20 Nov 2018, 8:42 pm

Liberals press ahead with used Australian jets amid questions over who will fly them

Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press
Published Tuesday, November 20, 2018


Lonestar
Lonestar
Registered User

Posts : 242
Join date : 2017-10-14

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Saulman Wed 21 Nov 2018, 9:43 am

Not a good Idea to be buying used fighter jets. Not enough pilots? Meanwhile the head of our military says we need more generals. Liberals are not doing a good job in the defence file. They are slowly degrading our military whereas it is becoming more clear to other NATO members. The future of our military at this point is not looking good. Too many decision makers if you ask me. Hire more generals to add fuel to the fire.
Saulman
Saulman
Registered User

Posts : 217
Join date : 2018-06-15

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Forcell Wed 21 Nov 2018, 10:44 am

What's in store for the future of Canada's Air Force?

Nov 20, 2018

Forcell
Forcell
CF Coordinator

Posts : 539
Join date : 2017-10-08

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Rockarm Thu 22 Nov 2018, 4:14 pm

Rockarm
Rockarm
CF Coordinator

Posts : 312
Join date : 2018-01-31

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Powergunner Sat 24 Nov 2018, 8:49 am

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Saturday

Letters to the Editor

Published:
November 24, 2018

CHEAPING OUT AGAIN
Re: Canada’s auditor general report on purchase of Australia’s used F18s. Our Canadian Government, led by the coward Trudeau, has let our country’s real heroes, the Canadian Armed Forces, down again. In true cowardly fashion, the Liberal Party has chosen to equip our military with garbage being shed by other countries. The Liberals purchased Great Britain’s nuclear subs that were mothballed and had to be literally towed across the North Atlantic and now, instead of purchasing state-of-the-art fighter planes from our neighbours and allies (protectors), Trudeau feels our forces are not worth the best planes available. Our military deserves the best equipment to help with the preservation of real freedom. Trudeau is a weak, pathetic representation of any proud Canadian who has fought to protect the rights of true Canadians and freedom around the world.
R.G. GRASLEY


Powergunner
Powergunner
CF Coordinator

Posts : 417
Join date : 2018-06-05

Back to top Go down

Fighter Jets - Page 2 Empty Re: Fighter Jets

Post by Sponsored content


Sponsored content


Back to top Go down

Page 2 of 7 Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  Next

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum