Key Points and Summary - Canada's CF-18 Hornet, a 1980s-era jet, is "obsolete," "insufficient" for a modern NATO conflict, and "dangerous" to its own pilots. -Despite a 9-year upgrade program to fix ...
Top Aces has delivered its first adversary air (ADAIR) training sorties for Canada using Douglas A-4 Skyhawks modified with equipment including an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
During a 2010 airshow rehearsal in Alberta, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Captain Brian Bews was flying a high-alpha maneuver just 300 feet above the ground when his CF-18 Hornet suddenly lost thrust ...