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The Department of National Defence is actively considering whether to retire some older ships, planes and other items of equipment that have become difficult and costly to maintain — including the aircraft belonging to the iconic Snowbird demonstration squadron.

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[–] yannic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not sure if you're exercising hyperbole to emphasize your point, so I'll take you at face value. The model is still in service as a fourth generation fighter. Particular jets may be antiques. Given that Canada waited a few years to procure them, I doubt any of the CF-18's are as old as the original F-18's.

You can call it an antique when it's out of service and we're on to 6th gen. Until then, it's a perfectly reasonable assumption that a fleet us made up of current and next-gen models, or previous- and current-gen models if you're miserly.