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Massive fire consumes historic airport Hangar 11 near NAIT in central Edmonton

The hangar was built for WWII by the US Air force, and housed fighters on their stop over to Siberia on the Lend/Lease program to support the Soviet Unions fight against Germany.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLs6pyWgzY&

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US Concerned About Europe’s Desire to Buy Less American Weapons

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DrCaleb DrCaleb:

US Concerned About Europe’s Desire to Buy Less American Weapons

Yes, Canada needs to reconsider large purchases from the US too.

I know there isn't a kill switch on the F-35, but they can degrade its capabilities by withholding software updates, spare parts, and/or maintenance. IMHO, we should keep the F-35s we've already paid for, buy a few dozen Gripens, and join the GCAP 6th fighter project with the UK, Italy and Japan. Once that plane is ready around 2035 to 2040, the Gripens can go to the Snowbirds.

We should also reconsider the planned P-8A purchase from Boeing. Either buy from the Japanese or build our own maritime patrol aircraft. Bombardier's Global 6500 is a bit small, but we could probably outfit some Airbus frames with radar and sonobouys.

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All manned craft should be reviewed. Ships, tanks, planes all of it. See what Ukraine is doing with rubber bands and glue? Those 1st person drones are holding the line for them. Don't forget artillery both air and land. We need to look to countries like the Baltics and see what their focus is and build on that. They are steeped in the type of warfare daily that we are going to face in short order. Counter foreign influence, see it as the act of war that it is and root it out. The freedom convoy was a trojan horse and nearly stole our country from us. We need to invest in vigilance.

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Drones have changed the battlefield forever. They take out everything.

I am waiting until they find a way to take down aircraft and missiles with a drone.