The CF-18 will fly until 2032

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Sunday, 28 January, 2018 19:41

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OTTAWA | The aging CF-18 royal canadian air force will continue to fly for nearly 15 years, reported the Ottawa Citizen, Sunday.

According to what was stated by the newspaper, representatives of the aviation industry who have participated in an information session on the program of acquisition of combat aircraft of the government on the 22 of January we are told that the CF-18 will be finally sent to retirement in 2032.

If this new date is maintained, the aircraft will have, therefore, spent about a half-century to complete different missions, patrol, interception and bombing, in Canada as elsewhere in the world.

The liberal government account to buy 88 new aircraft to replace the aircraft of the fleet air canada. In the documents that he has passed on to the companies, the federal government expressed its intention to receive the first aircraft in 2025, with a delivery which is expected to be completed around 2030. The choice of the manufacturer remains unknown.

In order to maintain in a state to fly its fleet of aircraft, the government announced that it will provide 18 CF-18 used australian. Ottawa had initially planned to acquire Super Hornet aircraft, but the Trudeau government had put this plan on ice due to the trade dispute between the u.s. company and Bombardier.