Canada’s Auditor General: RCAF search-and-rescue network at ‘breaking point’

Canada’s auditor general warned that the Royal Canadian Air Force’s search-and-rescue is stretched to the limit and some elements are near the “breaking point.”

The C-115 Buffaloes are facing a spare parts shortage and replacements won’t arrive till 2017.

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