CF-18 (Non-commercial Reproduction)
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The McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet (CF-188) is a Canadian Forces aircraft, based on the American F/A-18 Hornet.
In 1977, the Canadian government identified the need to replace the NATO assigned CF-104 Starfighter, the NORAD assigned CF-101 Voodoo and the CF-116 Freedom Fighter, although the decision was later made to keep the CF-116. The subsequent decision was to proceed with the New Fighter Aircraft competition (NFA), with a purchase budget of around 2.4 billion CAD to purchase 130-150 of the winner of the competition. Candidates included the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, Panavia Tornado, Dassault Mirage F1 (later substituted by the Mirage 2000), plus the products of the American Lightweight Fighter (LWF) competition, the F-16 Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, and a de-navalized version of the Hornet, the F-18L. The government stressed that the winner of the competition be a proven off-the-shelf design and provide substantial industrial benefits as part of the order.
By 1978, the New Fighter Aircraft competitors were short listed to just two aircraft; the F-16 Falcon and the two F-18 offerings. The F-14, F-15, and the Tornado were rejected due to the high purchase price, while Dassault dropped out of the competition. The F-18L combined the systems and twin-engine layout of the F-18 that Air Command favored with a lighter land-based equipment setup that significantly improved performance. However, Northrop, the primary contractor for the F-18L version, had not built the aircraft by the time of the NFA program, waiting on successful deals before doing so. Additionally, while Northrop offered the best industrial offset package, it would only "pay off" if other F-18L orders were forthcoming, something the DND was not willing to bet on.
However, the F-14 almost entered Canadian service through the backdoor due to the Iranian Revolution. In the aftermath of the revolution, the US cut off all military supplies, which meant that their new fleet of F-14's would be potentially rendered unflyable due to a lack of spares. The Canadians offered to purchase them at a steeply discounted price. However, the negotiations died before a deal was reached as it was revealed that Canadian involvement was instrumental for the smuggling of American embassy personnel out of the new Islamic Republic
In 1980, the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet was declared the winner of the New Fighter Aircraft competition. The order included 98 single-seat variants and 40 dual-seat variants, for a total of 138 purchased, plus 20 options (which were not exercised). The F/A-18 Hornet was then dubbed the CF-188 (the name Hornet not being used as the translation in French is "Frelon," which is already used by a French military helicopter). However, in every context except the most official of military documents, the planes are referred to as CF-18 Hornets. Reasons for the selection listed by the Canadian Forces were many of the features that was requested to be included for the US Navy; two engines for reliability (considered essential for conducting Arctic sovereignty and over the water patrols), an excellent radar set, while being considerably more affordable than the F-14 and the F-15.
* Year(s) procured: 1982 to 1988
* Originally Ordered: 98 CF-18A / 40 CF-18B
* Current strength: 98 (80 in operational use). 121 Airframes available.
Planned allocation is two operational squadrons of 24 aircraft each, with the remaining 33 available for training, testing and evaluation AETE, and depot level maintenance.
* Operational readiness: Of the 48 aircraft in operational squadrons, 34 (70%) are normally mission-ready on a daily basis.
* Operational lifetime: The Canadian Forces expect the Hornet to maintain front-line status until 2017 to 2020, and also expect losses at an average rate of one aircraft every two years.
* Serial numbers: 188701 to 188798 (CF-18A), and 188901 to 188940 (CF-18B)
* Location(s):
* 3 Wing CFB Bagotville, Quebec
425 Alouette Tactical Fighter Squadron
* 4 Wing CFB Cold Lake, Alberta
409 Nighthawks Tactical Fighter Squadron
410 Cougars Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron
AETE (Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment)
* Rotations from Cold Lake occur from 4 Wing to CFB Comox, British Columbia and from 3 Wing Bagotville to CFB Goose Bay and CFB Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia, and various forward operating bases in the Canadian Arctic. There are normally a few aircraft at CFB Trenton as well, though not a permanent squadron.
* Cost: US$35 million each in 2003.[citation needed]
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Harper's give more importance about Canadian Security and Canadian Economy than Liberal in fact...liberal in 1993-2005 always playing with Canadian money...such our money before Harper was evaluated at $0,60 U.S, now our dollar (before the crash two week ago) was evaluated at $0,98 or some time $1 U.S (Egal with U.S money)
is a huge difference since liberal came to power. And Liberal cut so much money on the army , passed 120.000(1990) Soldiers to 98,000 (2008)
70,000 in regular forces
30,000 in reserve
6,000 rangers
Now the number is approximately :
62,000 regular forces
25,000 reservist
4,000 rangers
And that is for 2008-2010 the 100,000 soldiers (Navy,Army,Airforces,Rangers)
the canadian army defence budget in 1993-2001 was 11 Billion, in 2008 this is 18,9 Billion and for 2031...96 Billion dollar.
We have a large budget for our military size (18,9 Billion dollar, some country who have 500,000+ like Israel have the same budget)
So yes the CF-18 vs MIG-21 is a very fair combat.
- 678 combat sorties
- 2,577 hours flight
- 120 defensive counter-air escorts
- 558 bombing strikes
397 PGMs and 171 free-fall iron bombs. These bombing strikes comprised 10 percent of all air-to-ground strikes performed by NATO aircraft.
Also-when did this event take place? What nation was Canada flying against? Over what country? Was it a UN or NATO operation? I've just never heard of any Canadian pilots getting live kills during operations.
You know, you look like someone who said the ARPAT and MARPAT is a ameircan made...but when you look closer is from guy cramer (HyperStealth Technology, a canadian made). Its exactly the same thing isnot a F-14 HUD film but a CF-18 in late 1980 when canada had his first HUD on the CF-18.
IF isn't a CF-18, why does some canadian tv show such discovery channel,history channel, CBC and whatever said "CF-18" don't call me a liar.
If is not a CF-18 vs MIG21 but a F-14A vs MIG-23 maybe the canadian media and canadian forces lies about this combat footages,don't juge me i just made a video for canadian CF-18 pilot.
Now, I have talkd to USAF and USN pilots who have been on exercises with the Canadian Air Force, and have only the highest praise for them.
I assure you the video is a US Navy F-14 shooting down a Libyan MiG-23 ca. 1986.
CF-18 have few canadian modification, so yes is the better version than the F-18 and they use many modification who are not in F-18 such the bomb pylon under the fighter.
am i ever pleased they made that series