It's great to see this coming together, our 18's are in dire need of replacement. They are cracking all over, need massive avionics upgrades, and can't engage in NATO ops due to compatibility issues. (more avionics). This will put Canada back up front.
Vtol and Stol are useless to Canada. They are used by the Marines, which we don't have, and don't fit Canada's mission profiles. We are lead fighter/bomber and intercept.
As for drones and what our fighters do..... you have no idea how much they do. Do you think the next time some terrorist hijacks a jet you will be able to scramble a few drones? How bout when the russians pop over the cap? Be happy you don't know what they do, cause it means they are doing it right.
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