Canada’s 40-Year-Old CF-18 Hornets Are Running Out of Airframe Life. Replacing Them Became Its Biggest-Ever Fighter ...
Summary and Key Points: Canada acquired 138 CF-18 Hornets in the 1980s, and the fleet is now structurally fatigued and shrinking, with roughly 72 to 85 airframes still flying, and their service lives are running out in the early 2030s. That countdown is …