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Saab of Sweden is pitching its GlobalEye multi-sensor surveillance plane to Canada, which is searching for a new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) capability. While the GlobalEye will face stiff competition from the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, which had been selected by the U.S. Air Force and NATO, among others, the Swedish solution will be combined with a Canadian-made Bombardier Global 6000/6500 airframe.
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Saab GlobalEye Set To Challenge Boeing E-7 As Canada’s New Radar Plane

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 28, 2025

U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, the top American military officer overseeing operations in and around North America, has said he would welcome Canadian participation in expanding continental missile defense efforts, including in space.
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Canada Joining Iron Dome Missile Defense Plan Would Be Welcome: NORAD Boss

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 14, 2025

At least 20 U.S. Air Force tanker aircraft, 10 KC-46s and an equal number of KC-135s, supported the first day of the latest Bamboo Eagle exercise off the California Coast, according to online flight tracking data.
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Tankers Flood Airspace Off The California Coast For China-Focused Air Combat Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

Maj. Garret Dover prepares to taxi in an F-35A of the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron, a tenant unit at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., takes off on a test flight at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, Feb 17, 2016. Six operational test and evaluation F-35s and more than 85 Airmen of the 31st TES travelled to Mountain Home AFB to conduct the first simulated deployment test of the F-35A, specifically to execute three key initial operational capability mission sets: suppression of enemy air defenses, close air support and air interdiction.
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Escalating Trade War Raises Questions Over Canada’s F-35 Future

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

CF-5 refuels from a 707 tanker.
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F-5 Pilot’s Double Engine Flameout While Refueling Over The Atlantic

By Dan McWilliams

Posted on Mar 5, 2024

CF-18 Cold War
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Hornet Pilot’s Cold War Mission Left Him In The “Buffer Zone” Between East And West

By Dan McWilliams

Posted on Feb 22, 2024

CT-114 student pilot story
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Military Flight Instructor’s Most Important Lesson: Student Pilots Will Try To Kill You

By Dan McWilliams

Posted on Jan 5, 2024

A solo student plugged in to the tanker. Note how large the solid steel basket is, and how close it is to the delicate fighter
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F-5 Pilot’s Early Struggles Aerial Refueling The Underpowered Jet

By Dan McWilliams

Updated on Nov 6, 2023

CF-18 False canopy
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False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me

By Dan McWilliams

Posted on Aug 28, 2023

F-35 Canada
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Canada Closes Deal For 88 F-35s To Finally Replace Its Aging CF-18s

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 10, 2023

Canada Has Selected The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter To Replace Its CF-18 Hornets
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Canada Has Selected The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter To Replace Its CF-18 Hornets

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 28, 2022

It’s Official, Canada Has Rejected The F/A-18 Super Hornet As Its Next Fighter
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It’s Official, Canada Has Rejected The F/A-18 Super Hornet As Its Next Fighter

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 2, 2021

This Combat Doctor’s Patient Handoff Is A Master Class On Clear Communication (Updated)
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This Combat Doctor’s Patient Handoff Is A Master Class On Clear Communication (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Nov 10, 2021

Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104
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Become One Of The Last Starfighters By Buying This Pristine Mach Two Capable F-104

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 8, 2021

It’s Official: Canada’s CF-18 Hornet Fighters Are Set To Get New Advanced Radars
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It’s Official: Canada’s CF-18 Hornet Fighters Are Set To Get New Advanced Radars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 24, 2021

NORAD Fighters Are Using Arresting Gear For Year-Round Ops At Greenland’s Thule Air Base
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NORAD Fighters Are Using Arresting Gear For Year-Round Ops At Greenland’s Thule Air Base

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 29, 2021