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Friday, June 29, 2007

Canadian Forces To Replace CF-18 Fleet with F-35s

Opponents Warn Purchase Would Only Support US Defense Industry

The Canadian government has until 2012 to decide how it is going replace its fleet CF-18s, but the military recently told Lockheed Martin it will spend almost $4 billion for the purchase of 80 of its Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II over the next 10 years.

An air force study in 2006 concluded the F-35 best suited Canada's requirements of a fighter for air-to-air NORAD missions and air-to-surface missions against targets in Canadian or foreign waters, at the best price, according to the CanWest News Service.

As ANN has reported, the F-35 is the first military aircraft to be produced by an international coalition of eight nations to design, finance, build and sell the jet.

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