Except that we've had two crashes in a very short period of time, one if I remember was engine failure.
We know that the CF-18's are reaching end of life, we've read about microfractures developing in the airframe due to long life and stress.
By the time we do get the F-35's the F-18 will be so worn out that we'll need to drill the bolts out to replace the engines.
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