Canada confirms Australian F/A-18s purchase, launches new tender

Canada recently announced its decision to purchase Australian F-18 aircraft to supplement the current fleet of fighter aircraft. These aircraft are of similar age and design to Canada’s CF-18 fleet and can be integrated quickly with minimal modifications, training and infrastructure changes, the Canadian goverment said on December 12, 2017. Read more

An F/A-18A Hornet takes off on a night sortie from RAAF Base Darwin during Exercise Diamond Storm
(Credit: Cpl. David Gibbs/Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence)