Forget the F-35: Canada Could Have Flown the F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter

Forget the F-35: Canada Could Have Flown the F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter

Key Points and Summary – For a decade, Canada has struggled to replace its aging C/F-18 fleet. What about the F/A-18 Super Hornet? On paper, Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet looked like the logical choice: familiar, lower-risk, and easier to integrate. An F/A-18F Super Hornet Strike Fighter Squadron 103 is parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) as the ship operates in the Arabian Sea on Dec. 5, 2006. T…