That's because we turned our 570+ fighter (200 x CF-104, 240 x CF-5, 134 x CF-101 and a crap load of old CF-100s), pre F-18, into 118 fighters and we're about to turn those into 60 F-35s.
The Americans may have the same problem as this new generation of aircraft is so expensive, they are drastically reducing the numbers of fighters they fly. BTW, they are NOT flying single engine interceptors out of Alaska and it is still "up in the air" whether the F-35 will even be used for interception at all.
It's a great plane for a Marine assault ship.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH CLUELESS COMRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Of the approximately 160 F18`s that Pierre Trudeau bought............................................
ONLY ABOUT 20 are NOW AIR WORTHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The rest are stored away...........................................
with RCAF mechanics CANNIBALIZING THEM for SPARE PARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for the roughly 15 - 20 F18`s flying...................
ONLY 8 -10 are CAPABLE of anything other than LOCAL TRAINING MISSIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many of the still flyable craft LACK MODERN encrypted radios.............................................
meaning THEY CANNOT TALK to other NATO PILOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And they LACK modern targeting equipment...................................................
meaning many of the machines CANNOT USE modern "smart weapons"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is all part of the TRUDEAU FAMILY PLAN.................................
to DISARM Canada and abandon NATO......................................
just let the Cdn military ROT OUT AND RUST AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And turn Canada into a RED CHINESE COLONY..................................................
UNLESS of course- the World Wide Caliphate grabs us first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!