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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Fresh delays in F-35 program will test aging CF-18 fleet

CF-18 HornetThe Conservative government says a new, anticipated two-year delay in rolling out the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will not impact Canada.

But analysts say the delay will increase the stealth fighters' already-controversial price tag while pushing the country's aging CF-18s to the extreme limit of their life spans.

On Nov. 2, U.S. Maj.-Gen. Jay Lindell told members of the congressional subcommittee on tactical air and land forces on that the U.S. Air Force had expected the F-35 to be ready for initial deployment in 2016.

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