“I am not against the Super Hornet,” Dubie said. “I cannot envisage any scenario in which the F-35 does not come out better than the Super Hornet or any other aircraft. While not closely informed on the manufacturing schedules of the F-35 or the Super Hornet, which first flew 21 years ago, he said that “what I do know about the Super Hornet is that it is near the end of the line. “NORAD has to continually evolve with technology and with capability because the threat against North America is going to evolve, too. A recently retired senior U.S. Air Force general with decades of experience defending the margins of North American air space agrees with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that there will be a “capability gap” in defending the northern approaches to the continent.

Source: National Post July 04, 2016 18:00 UTC