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Like Sean Fraser leaving to be with family?

Because Saab doesn't have a sixth gen program of their own. They are in talks with Airbus to start one after the collapse of FCAS. F-16 production ended in 2017. Anyone buying any at this point is buying used (which is the point of the Gripen, it's an alternative to the F-16 for countries that...

I assume the six from outside the CAF aren't included in the count.

Noah's take on it. https://www.truenorthstrategicreview.ca/p/canada-enters-negotiations-to-acquire Hopefully we can equip the Snowbirds with it as well.

https://army.ca/forums/threads/a-10-warthog.136936/

Since it's a non-combatant support vessel, would it be possible to integrate coast guard into the crew? Rescuing vessels is what the coast guard does.

That's a fairly normal availability rate. Also "fully mission capable" is not the same "mission capable" or even flyable. There's also over 1,200 F-35s in service with over a million flights hours. There is barely a dozen Gripen Es, with none fully operational. Other sources report the USAF...

And we even have one already. Just needs to be repainted grey.

How about the C-5?

Since our last corvettes, the Flower and Castle classes, were all over the place with hull numbers, being in the 100, 200, 300 and 400 sequence, maybe we could start at K100. Or maybe continue from a previous class like Halifax, which would be K342, or Kingston, which would be K712.

Would something like the Japanese Chiyoda be suitable? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Chiyoda_(2016)

Ii think May would prefer a Dodge Viper.

So these would be usable as submarine rescue ships?

It's not cheaper. This has been proven several times over. Saab lied about the cost, as well as intentionally or unintentionally conflating the numbers for the C/D. Flyaway price is almost the same as the F-35, actual operating costs are unknown because there's less than twenty in service in...

We weren't looking into FCAS anyway, we signed up as observers for GCAP.