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Army.ca Fossil
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Maybe it means the RCAF is getting TF-50s?
The Snowbirds could have modern aircraft, and the RCAF could get back to training it's own fighter pilots.
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Who knows?
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Beat me to it! Interestingly, KAI produces the T-50B variant of the TF-50 that is specifically designed for aerobatic performances.
They also produce the FA-50 light-strike variant of the TF-50. Just saying..
Korean Aerospace
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Or maybe Boeing-Saab T7-A Redhawks? Do a deal with Saab to build them here instead of Gripens and get our full F-35 order?
Same advanced jet trainer as the USAF. Boeing aims to sell over 2,700 Redhawks globally so should be enough orders to keep the line going. Uses the same GE F404 engine as our Hornets so less training delta for our techs.
They are also looking at an F-7 armed version which could be used to supplement the F-35's in a Hi-Lo missile/drone defence mix:
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T-50 uses the 404 as well?
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Whatever the MND announces on 19 May, I hope that it is not just a “buy 12 random aircraft so we can have display team”, but actually a larger strategy.
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Yes. But the market for T-50's likely isn't as large as for the T-7A, so the opportunity to build a plant in Canada for Assembly in cooperation with Saab is better than the case for assembling T-50's with KAI.
I disagree, but it could be because I'm a military enthusiast but I get incredible pride watching the Snowbirds. The F-18 display is really cool but its an American jet and not even a new one.
The Snowbirds are 100% Canadian and the legacy that they bring is incredible. They remind us of a time when we believed in ourself as a country and we didn't let anything stop us from building the best aircraft in the world. I just wish we had a Canadian designed and built jet to replace them.
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KA 50 isnt just light strike, it can sling aim 120s as well.
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It reminds me we havent replaced a jet we procured in thr 1960s, 60 years later.
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Good enough for the Sea Kings, right?
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Hopefully the RCAF will be making such recommendations.
If not, well, what follows is the result of their choices.
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That is what worries me….
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Had a couple of CF-18's doing familiarization flights in the area over the weekend. More folks talking about them doing that kind of random, focused training (helps doing touch and go's at airport) than folks that would travel for an airshow.
show up at HM for a couple of circuits and I know of at least one (no not me) local resident who will be on the phone to both TC and the majors office before the gear is in the wells after the first pass. You don't often hear from those of us who like aircraft but the other group never shuts up
