Canada’s CF-18 fighter jet force ‘in crisis,’ new study funded by DND says

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Open this photo in gallery: A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet pilot prepares to perform at the Aero Gatineau Ottawa airshow in Gatineau, on Sept. 15.PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press A new study funded by the Department of National Defence says Canada’s CF-18 fighter aircraft force “is in crisis” and suffering from low morale, high rates of departure among instructor pilots and a shortage of maintenance technicians, impairing its ability to meet defence obligations to allies. The report, by Justin Bronk, a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, a 192-year-old British think tank, points to a number of underlying...