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STONEY said:Is the writing on the wall. A few observations First the Gripen can operate from just about any airport in Canada and highways. The Super Hornet can operate from anywhere our present Hornet can operate from. The f-35 however is a different story, it requires a long runway huge maintenance facilities and special power sources not available at any Canadian base. Some of the countries that are getting them have found that they will have to go from several fighter bases to only one base for the f-35 because of the huge outlay for required infrastructure .
Now we hear that Cold lake & Bagotville are being completely rebuilt (not that they don't need it) into fighter superbases with many new facilities. Is the open and transparent competition a farce or is the writing on the wall????
There's no use purchasing a new fighter to save money on some runways when said fighter could be obsolete in 25 years.
I think the F35 will be the fighter for the foreseeable future and if we want a fighter that isn't obsolete by 2060 then get the best fighter you can buy. Not the one that is able to take off on the runways we currently have.
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