Admiral Beez
Banned
Offensive strikes, no chance. But we have the tankers. Though not until the 1990s IIRC.Or if the Canadians were really ambitious perhaps they could have purchased suitable tankers as well
Offensive strikes, no chance. But we have the tankers. Though not until the 1990s IIRC.Or if the Canadians were really ambitious perhaps they could have purchased suitable tankers as well
Offensive strikes, no chance. But we have the tankers. Though not until the 1990s IIRC.
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Yikes. Another 23 years.Now they use the AIRBUS from 1992. I was at the ABBOTSFORD AIR SHOW, and the display for that tanker says it will not be replaced until 2040.
PossiblyYikes. Another 23 years.
I imagine had the RCAF held onto its CF-100s until the F-4 Phantom was available (and somehow funded) and chosen, we'd still be operating them today.
The F-111B was a real dog.Tomcats, however... which bring us to the 80's and this failed deal about Canada buying out Iran 79 F-14s...
The RCAF (pre -1967) badly wanted Phantoms but got F-5s instead. Not the same performance ! .... ..
CF-5 did not have radar and could never patrol the arctic in the interceptor role. I don't know if it could even navigate over featureless tundra.OTL RCAF never wanted CF-5 and struggled to find a role for its Freedom Fighters. The biggest limitation was CF-5's small payload. It could never carry enough fuel to seriously patrol the Arctic.