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Old February 3rd 09, 02:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Ian B MacLure
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Default F-35, not F-22, to Protect U.S. Airspace

Peter Skelton wrote in
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The 14 aircraft do not include those in Alaska and the Canadian
Forces aircraft. In other words, they don't include the folks
tasked with providing defense against the threat he's ranting
about.


I think the al-Qanadian contribution might have amounted to maybe
8 aircraft on a good day. They only have some 4 dozen or so in
in service.

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