BEXTE: Fact Checking the F-35 Debate: Why Canada Must Stop Sabotaging Its Own Defence

Our pilots cannot be asked to confront modern threats in outdated fourth generation aircraft simply because Ottawa cannot resist reopening the same debate every few years.

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and commander performs a vertical climb in an F-35A Lightning II during the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 14, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Canada is once again circling the same drain it has for decades, repeatedly reopening settled defence decisions, second gue…