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the cF-18 REPLACEMENT PROGRAM
by nestor arellano
Billie Flynn, former Royal Canadian Air Force squadron commander,
and fighter jet test pilot for Lockheed-Martin, makes the case for the
stealthy F-35 Lightning II.
Ex-RCAF fighter pilot Ricardo Traven, who has been chief test pilot
for the United States Navy and now is head honcho of test pilots for
Boeing, is not taking it lying down. He argues that the F/A 18 Super
Hornet, packs the sting that Canada's Air Force needs.
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