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Another used plane for RCAF: Mark Ottawa

Excellent piece by Prof. Adam Lajeaunesse (Adam Lajeunesse), title of the year so far: Mark Ottawa

USAF professional head was in Ottawa with RCAF while Trudeau and Anand were at NORAD--laying down the law? Strange no mention I can see from our government: Starting to feel like a full-court press from Biden admin. on NORAD etc. Mark Ottawa

RCAF F-35A contract, first delivery, look like slipping right as, e.g., CAE demands a cut:

Bonne flipping chance with that 2025 date. "Acquisition malpractice" a colossal understatement: Gosh. Wonder why. FUBAR. Mark Ottawa

Just imagine how much faster and cheaper these ships for CCG would be if purchased abroad (but now Coast Guard spending counts towards that NATO GDP target so maybe gov't likes that high cost)--and over three years just to get an agreement in place before any contracts. How many ships will be...

Plus Norway and Germany and India.

I find it hard to believe that the whole acquisition will simply be abandoned whatever the CC-295's deficiencies; but the whole procurement process was completely FUBAR, far too much politics and media hoo-hah. The final para really is not material: Mark Ottawa

And note this--a tweet: Mark Ottawa

Looks like Finns will have all their F-35s operational well before RCAF has most of its 88--note also some Norwegian QRA F-35s for Arctic: Mark Ottawa

And very useful on NATO, Korean War, Suez Crisis: https://www.amazon.ca/Mike-Memoirs-Lester-Pearson-1948-1957/dp/1442615656/ref=sr_1_1?crid=H1F7QBXF3YN4&keywords=mike+pearson+memoirs+volume+2&qid=1650915863&sprefix=mike+pearson+memoirs+volume+2%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-1 Disclosure: I worked on book...

Another for AvGeeks: Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54 by Colonel (ret'd) Randall Wakelam Cold War Fighters: Canadian Aircraft Procurement, 1945-54: Wakelam, Colonel (ret'd) Randall: 9780774821490: Books - Amazon.ca Mark Ottawa

Nothing like a serious increase in budget--graph from p. 153 PDF here: https://www.budget.gc.ca/2022/pdf/budget-2022-en.pdf See also p. 132, 134 PDF. Note this at latter--money for North, NORAD not new: No there there. Mark Ottawa

Never never, ever more expensive land: And whenever will Seaspan build the "up to 16 Multi-Purpose Vessels to support a variety of missions, including light icebreaking, environmental response, and offshore search and rescue" that PM Trudeau announced in 2015...