The CF-18 Hornet Demonstration Team and the F/A-18 Swiss Hornet Solo Display will not fly for the 2025 airshow season to focus resources on modernization and training. The Royal Canadian Air Force and ...

Canada’s aging CF-18 fleet is on the up, it seems, with the Royal Canadian Air Force finally moving to bolster its legacy fighters with the AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM. Back in February, Canadian CF-18 Hornets ...

Key Points and Summary - Canada's CF-18 Hornet, a 1980s-era jet, is "obsolete," "insufficient" for a modern NATO conflict, and "dangerous" to its own pilots. -Despite a 9-year upgrade program to fix ...

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s fleet of CF-18 fighters is unable to meet the nation's commitments to NATO and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) due to a lack of pilots and ...

Canada’s decision to sustain its CF-18 fighter fleet reflected its commitment to modernising air defence capabilities amid challenges highlighted by a critical report commissioned by the Department of ...

The project extension continues to address the capability gap in the Canadian Armed Forces to meet its fighter aircraft commitments for both NORAD and NATO. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has ...

COLD LAKE, Alta. – The pilot who died in the crash of a CF-18 fighter jet near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary has been identified as a Hamilton, Ont., man who had been with the military for a ...

The head of the Royal Canadian Air Force says all 77 of Canada's CF-18 fighter jets will be able to fly until 2025, and even later. Lt.-Gen. Michael Hood also says the U.S. military and other allies ...

A pilot killed when his CF-18 fighter jet crashed during a routine training exercise near the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary is being remembered as a dedicated airman who served overseas and once ...

The Canadian Forces have launched an investigation into the cause of a remarkable accident involving its Boeing CF-18 Hornet display aircraft late last week. Demonstration pilot Capt Brian Bews was ...