Canada to decide on CC-150 replacement after new fighter is selected

The head of Royal Canadian Air Force said a replacement for the CC-150 aerial refueling tanker will only be considered after the fighter to replace the Hornet has been selected.

CC-150 Polaris tanker refueling two CF-18 Hornets
By Robert Taylor (Flickr: CFB Trenton Open House 2009_0293) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

“So whether it is a probe-and-drogue, as we use right now, or a boom that flies into a refuelling receptacle, we will replace the tanker aircraft with whatever our front-line fighter is at the time,” Lt. Gen. Michael Hood told lawmakers.