KARLSRUHE, West Germany —Two Canadian fighter jets collided over this southwestern German city during the evening rush hour Tuesday, killing one of the pilots and showering sections of Karlsruhe with flaming debris, officials said. The dead pilot was identified as Capt. Timothy K. Leuty, 30. We...
Four Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 Hornet fighter jets have arrived in Romania for a four-month deployment under NATO's enhanced Air Policing mission. The Canadian aircraft and about 135 supporting Canadian Armed Forces personnel will be based at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, near...
Canadian and American jets intercept two Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on Monday, March 9th.Photo by North American Aerospace Defense Command Article content Canadian CF-18 fighter jets and U.S. aircraft intercepted...
Last week, the Jets unveiled their new identity designed by Reebok, that celebrates the city's ties to the Canadian Air Force. 上周,喷气机推出自己的新身份锐步设计,加拿大空军庆祝城市的关系。 gtn9.com 3. Jim leaves with plans to join the military as a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in Wor...
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen poses in front of a CF-18 fighter jet in October 2012, during a trianing flight with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Cold Lake, Alberta. Hansen served there for most of his pilot career prior to joining the CSA.(Image credit: National ...
The Israeli Defense Ministry is in negotiations to sell 29 retired F-16 fighter jets to a Canadian company, Calcalist has learned. The deal is valued at $100 million, and is set to be the largest of its kind ever. The planes are F-16 Hawks of the A/B variety, and had been in the...
CF-5 Freedom Fighter (foregroound), CF-100 Canuck, two of the fighter-jets that flew from Cold Lake, along with a Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter, July 2004. Photo: Bruce Forsyth. Hangars on the flightline, July 2004. Photo: Bruce Forsyth. ...
“build the jets” in Canada, but it wasn’t immediately clear if he thought they could build the F-35s in Canada (nope), or if it meant restarting the entire process for selecting a new fighter, which again,isn’t really possibleat this stage as the CF-18s are at the absolute end...
In all, Dempsey spent 46 years flying jets, first for the Air Force, then as a Cathay Pacific pilot out of Hong Kong and New York, then with defence contractor Top Aces out of Victoria. This week, though, found Dempsey toiling with a ground crew of sorts, tackling the mountain of ...
A 1979 graduate of the Royal Military College in Ontario, of which he would later head as commandant, Lawson served as commanding officer of an air squadron and flew two different fighter jets during his 37-year career with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). "Whether at home or abroad,...