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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Apparently the timeframe for the retirement of the current CF-18 Hornet fleet is around 2017.
Other aircraft still rumoured to be in the race are the Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing Super Hornets, or even one of the SAAB fighter aircraft.
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I would say there zero chance of buying a non-american fighter, Canadian companies have made $500 million a year threw contracts for the development of the F-35 so far and will probably make alot more once the project gets in full swing, we got those contracts because of a "promise" to replace our F-18's with these.
I give little chance for the super hornet as well, Why replace our fleet with a 4+ generation fighter when you can get a 5th gen? the super hornet isn't a whole lot cheaper and it probably will cost twice as much to maintain and keep in the air.