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F-35 won’t be excluded from CF-18 replacement competition

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Canada’s defense minister Harjit Sajjan has officially said the F-35 will be allowed to compete in the contest to replace the RCAF’s CF-18 fleet.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (mock-up), Canada - Air Force AN1753011
By Alain Rioux [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

Sajjan made the comments during a speech at the annual Conference of Defence Associations (CDA).

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