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| More than just pretty paint London, ON September 2024 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
The good news is Canada’s 40-plus-year-old CF-18 Hornet frontline fighter is finally set to be replaced by the F-35A Lightning II.
The bad news is the RCAF has stood down the CF-18 Demonstration Team for 2025 as it manages the transition to the new jets. So no more planes with wicked paint jobs flying their wings off at air shows across the continent.
Instead, we’ll see a much smaller number of what the force calls “non-aerobatic tactical demonstrations” using standard grey jets.
In a world of escalating worry and risk, fancy-looking multirole planes flying wild demos at air shows hardly rank as a global priority - and their removal seems trivial compared to real everyday problems faced by real everyday people.
Yet it still feels like a notable loss for those looking for small examples of inspiration during dark periods of history. And for those who put it all on the line to keep the rest of us safe, they now have one less way to tell us their story.
Thankfully we have visual proof of that last glorious paint job. It - and the story behind it - will be missed.
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