![]() ![]() That committee took an exhaustive look at the state of the air force's fleets and concluded the replacement of the transport and tankers was the third most important purchase facing the newly-elected Trudeau government. Often overlooked has been the air force's insistence - outlined in a September 2016 House of Commons defence committee report - that the purchase of new tanker aircraft remain on hold "pending the result of the evaluation to replace the, due to different fuel receiving systems in use by various fighter aircraft." The government took over seven years to run a competition before settling on the F-35 - the warplane Prime Minister Trudeau pledged not to buy during the 2015 election. The opposition has long accused the Liberal government of slow-rolling the purchase of new fighter jets for political purposes. It came several months after then-defence minister Anita Anand confirmed that the federal government had decided to buy the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 stealth fighter. The $3.6 billion tanker and transport replacement program, involving nine Airbus 330s, was announced quietly over the summer. The question of why the nearly four-decade old aircraft haven't been replaced has become far more pressing since the prime minister's travel troubles generated media interest around the world. Trudeau not the 1st Canadian PM to be grounded due to plane trouble. ![]() Canadian military plane that smashed into French plane had only been 'partially secured': report.Delayed by plane troubles, Trudeau finally heading home from India. ![]()
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