XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: none@present   
      
   "Canuck57"  wrote in message news:UTYvq.21028$Uw7.8898@newsfe02.iad...   
      
   > For what Canada needs, F18s do fine and we got more in 2009.   
      
   Nope ... we're still flying what's left of the original 138 F-18s acquired   
   between 1982 and 88.   
      
   You may be thinking of an upgrade program that finished in early 2010; even   
   with that, they'll need replacing between 2017 and 2020.   
      
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