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Canada is buying the F-35. For real this time. After about 24y of being a Tier 2 partner of the Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSF), the Lockheed Martin produced 5th generation fighter finds itself in the  hands of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). In the selection saga, it  went from a single choice to a competition format with interim solutions  of Hornet and Super Hornet in the mix, over to a final stand-off  against Saab Gripen. Join Chris as he talks to Richard Shimooka from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) about two decades of political  twists and turns.

Remember, more early access videos are available (The FASI partnership is currently set to YT members since last week but will be migrated over to most likely Vimeo for Patreon early access purposes):

The Arctic goes hot: Chances for escalation https://youtu.be/JlxiDYPaywY [FASI]

  • Between growing tensions with Russia, the emergence of China as a  self-declared Arctic protagonist, the vulnerability of data cables and  the thawing of the ice as part of global warning, the Arctic is a  theater that provides some real challenges to NATO. Join Chris as he talks to Arun Dawson (PhD Student, King's College London) about the Arctic.

Heads in sand? Why Western Air Power is so SLOW to changehttps://youtu.be/deibquob5bA [FASI]

  • How do Air Forces stay future proof and prepare for a future conflict if  its experiences lie in the past. From internal and external barriers to change, shifting the focus and maintaining consistency in its decisions  is a critical challenge that all branches of the military struggle  with. Join Chris as he talks to Dr. Sophy Antrobus (Research Fellow with  the Freeman Air and Space Institute) about this challenge and about the ways it is being tackled.

Air Power: What MUST change? Spreadsheet logic vs Resilience https://youtu.be/8fLBK-hGmcs [FASI]

  • After more than two decades of peace in Europe and complete air  superiority in its foreign deployments, western air forces now confront  the possibility of a renewed peer-to-peer adversary. How has this period  of peace impacted Air Forces, what are the main problems on  recruitment, platform-centricity and focusing on efficiency over  resilience and flexibility? Join Chris as he talks to Dr. Sophy Antrobus  (Research Fellow with the Freeman Air and Space Institute) about the  current challenges facing western Air Forces.

Why the Russian Air Industry is Kaput: https://youtu.be/Rfw36TxC2Ks

  • The Russian Air Industry keeps (or kept) on pushing new concepts and  prototypes, but what do we find below the the public bling-bling? Join Chris as he talks to independent analyst Stanimir Dobrev on the state of the Russian air industry.

Looking forward to your comments!
Chris

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24 years! Why Canada took so long to buy F-35 (in a nutshell)

Canada is buying the F-35. For real this time. After about 24y of being a Tier 2 partner of the Joint Strike Fighter Programme (JSF), the Lockheed Martin produced 5th generation fighter finds itself in the hands of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). In the selection saga, it went from a single choice to a competition format with interim solutions of Hornet and Super Hornet in the mix, over to a final stand-off against Saab Gripen. Join Chris as the talks to Richard Shimooka from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) about two decades of political twists and turns. - Check out my books - Ju 87 Stuka - http://stukabook.com STG-44 Assault Platoon - http://sturmzug.com German Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com/ Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de/ - Support - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/MilAvHistory Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpahmxWXajV0-tuMMzSzAg/join PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/MilAvHis - Social Media - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MilAvHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milaviationhistory/ - Sources - Richard Shimooka https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/cm-expert/richard-shimooka/ - Berthiaume, Lee; Canada not sending fighter jets to Europe next year as Air Force rearms, regroups, 14 Dec 2022. available at https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-not-sending-fighter-jets-to-europe-next-year-as-air-force/ [last accessed 11/01/2023]. Defense Deconstructed Podcast, Future Fighter Capability: F-35, 4 Feb 2022, available at https://www.cgai.ca/future_fighter_capability_f35 [last accessed 11/01/2023]. GovCanada; Announcement regarding the F-35 acquisition, 9 Jan 2023, available at https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/01/announcement-regarding-the-f-35-acquisition.html [last accessed 11/01/2023]. GovCanada; Canada finalizes agreement to purchase new fighter jets for Royal Canadian Air Force, 9 Jan 2023, available at https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/news/2023/01/canada-finalizes-agreement-to-purchase-new-fighter-jets-for-royal-canadian-air-force.html [last accessed 11/01/2023]. Shimooka, Richard; Amateur Hour: The Interim Super Hornet Saga and the Perils of Prioritizing Politics Over Defence, MLI Publication, January 2018, available at https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-files/pdf/MLICommentary_Shimooka_Jan2018_webreadyF.pdf [last accessed 11/01/2023]. Shimooka, Richard; The Catastrophe: Assessing the Damage from Canada’s Fighter Replacement Fiasco, MLI Publication, May 2019, available at https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-files/pdf/20190502_MLI_COMMENTARY_Shimooka_FWeb.pdf [last accessed 11/01/2023]. Shimooka, Richard; The Forth Dimension: The F-35 Program, Defence Procurement, and the Conservative, CDA Institute Vimy Paper No. 33, Sept 2016, available at https://cdainstitute.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Vimy_Paper_33.pdf [last accessed 11/01/2023]. Stephenson, Alan; Gaming the CF-18 Fighter Replacement: The Politicizing of a Military Procurement, Dec 2017, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, available at https://www.cgai.ca/gaming_the_cf_18_fighter_replacement_the_politicizing_of_a_military_procurement [last accessed 11/01/2023]. Visuals: DoD - Timecodes - 00:00 - Canada buys F-35 00:54 - 1998: The Saga begins 09:39 - 2010: 1st decision to buy 12:43 - Audits and working bodies: special political treatment? 16:11 - 2014: A first deal is made 19:02 - Deal turns into a scandal so no F-35 20:39 - 2015: Election and government change (Harper - Trudeau) 24:29 - I get confused (and interrupt like a muppet): suddenly Canada wants Super Hornet as an interim solution 26:46 - Intermission 27:37 - 2016/2017: The plan changes again and now Australian Hornets appear, also pilot retention problems 33:21 - More pilot and crew retention problems 35:20 - 2016/2017: No (real) progress towards a fighter competition 39:03 - 2018: Competition starts 40:51 - Quick explainer: What are offsets 41:26 - Competition: Super Hornet, Gripen and F-35 45:04 - Changes in requirements and scoring - Super Hornet eliminated 49:09 - Range requirements 50:39 - 2021/2022: Final selection 53:10 - Financial benefits: Partner Status vs Offsets 58:18 - 2022: Final deal - Audio - Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound

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