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...
A Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet comes in for a landing at CFB Bagotville, Quebec. Photo by Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images/File Article content OTTAWA — Canada’s long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government announced Tuesday it is giving jet...
“This includes DND spending that is related to the Canadian Armed Forces.” That has left experts confused, given how intertwined the two organizations are, with much of the work of the Defence Department directly impacting military management, operations and procurement. “I’m trying to ...
Several initiatives have also been introduced to speed up recruitment and training, and attract older pilots back into the Forces, which has borne some fruit and aimed at buying time for officials to decide whether to change the length of time pilots and others are required to serve before they...
In fact, the record for longest recorded sniper kill remains in Canadian hands; in 2017 an unnamed special forces soldier killed an ISIS fighter from 3,540 metres. Get all of these insights and more into your inbox every weekday at 6 p.m. ET by signing up for the First Reading ...
Senior Canadian government officials are growing increasingly concerned over a dangerous escalation in aggression by Chinese fighter pilots in the skies above the Asia-Pacific region.Multiple sources in the Canadian Forces and the federal government tell Global News that Chinese jets are repeatedly “...
U.S. could block Canadian attempts to buy new fighter jets to replace F-35s, warn analysts Defence analysts say the Americans could derail attempts to buy alternatives, as all of the jets contain U.S.-built equipment. 115 Comments March 18, 2025 Defence Watch Canad...
The Canadian Armed Forces accepted the first two CF-18 Hornets fighter aircraft at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, 25 October 1982. Photo Credit: Unknown. A CF-104 and a CF-5 fly by the newly installed TRACS antenna – 1985. Photo: CFB Cold Lake. ...
Saying that Canada will provide CF-18 fighter jets, Special Forces and military intelligence. Jean says that shortly after 12 noon on the 8th he had a 10 min conversation on the phone with President George Bush agreeing to these condition"s under certin restrictions. In the second article ...
Both Amnesty and the NDP have repeatedly called for an inquiry into the Canadian military’s role in the handling of detainees who were later tortured by Afghan security forces during the last decade. The Liberal government, and the Conservatives before them, have refused. ...