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A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, performs a strafing run during Haboob Havoc 2024, April 24, 2024, at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona. Haboob Havoc is an annual total force exercise that brings together multiple fighter squadrons from numerous bases to practice skills and test abilities in various mission sets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Noah D. Coger)

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Forget the F-35? Canada Could Soon Be Making a Big Fighter Mistake That Will Sting

Key Points and Summary – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s 7-month “foot-dragging” on the F-35 deal is a “big mistake” that “jeopardizes national security.”...

Steve BalestrieriNovember 11, 2025

The new F-35 Lightning II stands on display at the First Aircraft Arrival ceremony on Nov. 2, 2024, at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. The delivery of the F-35 ushered in a new era of modern-day warfighting for the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Moser)

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Canada Needs to Look in the Mirror on F-35 Fighter

Key Points and Summary – The Canadian government’s “procrastination” on replacing its “obsolete” 40-year-old CF-18 fighter fleet is a “disservice” to the nation. -With...

Brent M. EastwoodNovember 7, 2025

An aircraft from the U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II Demonstration Team arrives at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 19, 2023, in advance of the Thunder Over Louisville air show. The annual event, to be held along the banks of the Ohio River on April 22, will feature more than 20 military and civilian aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

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Europe and Canada Are Finally Saying No to the F-35 Stealth Fighter

Key Points and Summary – European nations and Canada are “pushing away” from the F-35, motivated by a desire for “strategic autonomy” and political...

Steve BalestrieriNovember 7, 2025

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Canada’s Big CF-18 Hornet Fighter Mistake Still Stings

Key Points and Summary – Canada’s CF-18 Hornet, a 1980s-era jet, is “obsolete,” “insufficient” for a modern NATO conflict, and “dangerous” to its own...

Brent M. EastwoodNovember 7, 2025

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Canada Knows How to Sink U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers

Key Points and Summary – In 1981’s Ocean Venture/Magic Sword North, a Canadian Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine stunned NATO by evading layered U.S. anti-submarine defenses...

Brent M. EastwoodNovember 6, 2025

U.S. Air Force Maj. Melanie “Mach” Kluesner, the pilot for the F-35A Demonstration Team, performs aerial maneuvers in a USAF F-35A Lightning II during the first day of the airshow at Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida, on 18 October, 2024. The Demo Team performs at various airshows across the globe to display the power, agility, and lethality of America's 5th generation fighter jet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Rupiper)

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Forget the F-35: Canada Has a Message for the JAS 39 Gripen Fighter

Key Points and Summary – Canada’s 88-jet F-35 deal is in “limbo” as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government reviews the purchase amid “skyrocketing costs”...

Stephen SilverNovember 5, 2025