May 4th, 2026: Today, we announced $270 million of new military support to Ukraine.
May 7th, 2026: Fraser Tolmie, the Conservative MP for Moose Jaw, Sask.—home to the Snowbirds—said the team is not accepting bookings for the summer of 2027 after completing a full slate of air shows this year.
A nations Air Force Aerobatics Squadron elicits the wrong sort of pride,
for the Liberal Party of Canada to stomach.
The majority of San Franciscan’s HATED the Blue Angel’s (militaristic) display every Fleet Week … until … the Trump Defense Dept. (first term) … started pulling military bases ($$$$) out of the SF Bay Area … then the leftists suddenly started loving the military.
Flaps up!
Look for them to be replaced with a cadre of Chinese drones before the year is out.
Perhaps grounded by Carney’s carbon capture and master race consultation and shakedown.
The newest CT-114 Tutor aircraft is 59 years old. How long do people expect them to be able to keep them flying?
When your Air Force has about the same complement as Lower Slobbovia, you make do.
Never know when you might have to strafe a Separatist Meeting or a Trucker’s Rally.
Our Pipsqueak is a true Euroweenie and the last 2000 years should give you a good indication of their concern for human life.
You’re exactly right, this contingent of long obsolete aircraft is a perfect symbol of Canada’s entire military.
Your government doesn’t come to a bounce-house protest with clean socks … they bring armed jets and they’ll strafe it … to deflate it.
Rusty, it seems what few CF-18s are left, have been around since the mid ’80s! Recall the uproar when Mulroney moved the maintenance for the CF18s out of Winnipeg and transferring it to Quebec?
Yeah, and some years back, we were buying F-18 corpses from Australia for parts. Do you recall that as well?
I would strongly caution my grand kids from going into the canadian Air Force!
Or any of the canadian Forces for that matter
The point isn’t that the Tudor is old, the issue is that they won’t replace it.
It took 12 years to replace a fcking pistol.
For 270 million we could have bought 4 different pistols (a Glock, a Sig, an HK, a Walther – done) as long as they were all chambered the same, who gives a flying fck, and we’d still have money left over.
Shithole.
Maybe we can mount some of our banned .22 calibre rifles to them and ship them to Ukraine to fight the nasty Russians.
Gotta pay for the tampon dispensers in men’s washrooms somehow.
In a related story … the BadOrangeMan just announced he negotiated a 3-day ceasefire and prisoner exchange in the Ukraine War. TBH … that’s the way I like to see my tax dollars spent … stopping that fustercluck of a war.
A step … albeit a small one … in the right direction.