Canada’s Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan confirmed to reporters on Sept. 6 that the country is evaluating the option of buying second-hand F/A-18s from Australia.
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“Australia has flown a very similar F-18 to ours, it is one of the reasons why we have sent a team down to take a look at various options.
“Our engineers will take a look at all the specs to make sure the airframe is worthy enough, making sure we look at the systems that are also employed. … They will provide an assessment in short order.”