Hornets away! 🇨🇦 4x Royal Canadian Air Force 🇨🇦 CF-188 Hornets taxi and take off at RAF Waddington

[@kenbarthSimAV8tor]

Thanks for your service eh Canada 🇨🇦

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

You are ignorant of the facts about the balloon. Don’t waste our time with your stupid remarks.

[@hoghogwild]

@@klausschlobluvsmesometwood4679 The entire fleet of 86 jet just underwent upgrades with 36 undergoing even more upgrades. They actually shot down a balloon, the guns just dont bring them down right away.

[@hoghogwild]

@@klausschlobluvsmesometwood4679 These jets did great service in 2009 when the USA F-15s were grounded from NORAD duties.

[@jamesoke7414]

Awesome, i was wondering where our 4 operational Hornets were...

[@youtubersunny1988]

smooth landing

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

Beautiful and awesome takeoff on these RCAF F/A-18C Hornet 😎

[@TransportMemories]

Thanks Douglas - much appreciated :)

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

@@TransportMemories much welcome my friend, cheers 😎👍

[@hoghogwild]

RCAF CF-18A++. We never got any C's or D's. All A's and B's.

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

@@hoghogwild ooo thanks buddy for sharing and just learned something new hehe 😃

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

Nice 🇨🇦🇬🇧

[@TransportMemories]

Cheers - they were nice to see over here in the UK :)

[@marcusblum7462]

The last plane to take off with the tail design I think that’s the squadron Leader

[@problemodude]

No this one was 2021 demo team aircraft thats why it was painted .

[@MrMolack]

Thoses fighters are very well maintained and constantly upgraded to the NATO standards by L3 Harris in Montreal.

[@jody-ne7xs]

Can't get parts for them anymore. They are obsolete.

[@hoghogwild]

@@jody-ne7xs There's parts all over the place.

[@MrMolack]

@@jody-ne7xs They get the parts at Best Buy.

[@hoghogwild]

I'd assume that L3 did the 94 birds that got HEP-1 mods and are currently working on the batch of 36 lowest-hour Hornets that are getting HEP-2 upgrades. HEP-2 was scheduled to IOC in '23. Pretty deadly bird. AESA radar allows full range AIM-120D3+ envelope AIM-9X Block-II make the Hornet a potent Air-AIr threat and with the new AGM-158C JSOW Joint Stand Off Weapon with its "break down the door, enter, then detonate" 2 stage BROACH warhead. Same warhead tech displayed against Russian navy-Storm Shadow. Precision guidance and up to 130 kms of standoff range. Impressive capability for Canada.

[@MrMolack]

@@hoghogwild Hi there. APG 83's for Canadians Hormets? It is at least 2 millions per radar. I'm curious, where did you see that? That's a huge upgrade/expense for a 40 years old fighter.....

[@TheSammy2211]

Who else also heard 2 rollingggg, dcs wingman 😂

[@Berlin-Kladow]

Those RCAF planes are ancient. Using RAAF spare parts after Australia got rid of their similar aged F18’s

[@alpearson9158]

not quite only a few

[@RPMZ11]

Same as the Finns, Swiss and the Spanish.

[@jeremychippett905]

Pretty sure the aussies are still running there's as well

[@RPMZ11]

@@jeremychippett905 They have 24 left.

[@hoghogwild]

We bought 25 lower hour RAAF airframes, 17 to fly, 8 for parts/training. These jets will be flying through 2032. Fifty years of service for the type.

[@CharliePrasnicki]

I kinda thought so.

[@craigmoloney4486]

Using ex RAAF airframes to keep going We've nearly got all our F35s now 😂

[@hoghogwild]

Our dont start arriving until 2026, with the last of 88 coming in 2032.

[@phattyliva]

How sad

[@strgil]

40 year old jets that need 30 hours of maintenance every time they go wheel up.

[@hoghogwild]

You make it sound as though that's a massive amount of maintenance.