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Originally Posted by Dado
I'd go with a mixed fleet of 40-50 Saab Gripen NGs and 40-50 Dassault Rafales. We currently have 80-something CF-18s in service, which is probably already too few, so the plan to reduce to 65 F-35s (it used to be a larger number) is likely problematic.
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There are 77 F-18s in service, but reducing to 65 F-35s changes nothing. There will still be 2 combat squadrons of 24 aircraft. What we're doing is farming out most of the training to the US.