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Originally Posted by photon
Can you weigh in on this sentence CC?
That implies that the Super Hornet is capable of something the F-35 wouldn't be?
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By the capability gap he's saying that the current CF-18's are at a point where we can't carry out all the possible missions that we might need fighters for including home defense/nato/norad. They're also stating that the capability gap is to do with sensors/bomb load capability etc.
The Super Hornet carries far more in terms of ordinance then something like the F-35. But to just use that to justify a capability gap is foolish because a air force composed of something like the F-35 just functions differently then an air force made up of something like Super Hornets.
The Globe and Mail had a good article questioning the capability gap.
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/opi...beandmail.com&
BTW earlier this summer I believe it was Lt Gen Hood who heads up our airforce says there's no capability gap, and the Air Force could carry out our mission until 2025 which is enough time to do the Air Force permanent jet replacement.