All Royal Canadian Air Force articles – Page 5

  • F-35
    News

    Lockheed F-35 heads to the polls in Canada

    2015-10-16T18:39:34Z

    As Canada heads to the polls on Monday, Lockheed Martin F-35 backers will be quietly hoping for a conservative win after Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau came out against the troubled fighter programme while on the hustings, in favour of more spending on ships.

  • CF-18
    News

    Canada's reactivated CF-18 'Rams' squadron takes flight

    2015-07-24T15:57:18Z

    Canada’s newly reborn CF-18 fighter squadron conducted its first operational fight this week since reactivating on 50 June.

  • CP-140 Aurora
    News

    Canada axes manned ISR acquisition

    2014-08-12T12:40:03Z

    ​Canada has shelved plans to acquire as many as four manned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] platforms “due to reasons of security and technical feasibility”.

  • Canada CH-47 - Boeing
    News

    Boeing completes Canadian Chinook deliveries

    2014-07-02T09:35:20Z

    ​Boeing has delivered its 15th and final CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

  • CF-18 - Royal Canadian Air Force
    News

    Canadian fighter debate intensifies

    2014-06-04T15:46:00Z

    ​Ottawa expects to make a ­decision soon on whether to stage an open competition to ­replace its Boeing CF-18 fighters, or to instead advance with previous plans to acquire up to 65 Lockheed Martin F-35s.

  • Canada Buffalo - Canadian Forces
    News

    Canada progresses fixed-wing SAR procurement

    2014-01-07T16:37:51Z

    Canada appears to be making progress with one of its long-running procurement programmes, with the issue on 20 December 2013 of a letter of interest covering its fixed-wing search and rescue (FWSAR) requirement.