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McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet
The
McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet
(official military designation
CF-188
) is a
Royal Canadian Air Force
(RCAF) (formerly
Canadian Forces
Air Command) fighter aircraft, based on the American
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
fighter. In 1980, the F/A-18 was selected as the winner of the
New Fighter Aircraft Project
competition, and a production order was awarded. The Canadian Forces began receiving the CF-18 in 1982. CF-18s have supported
NORAD
air sovereignty
patrols and participated in combat during the
Gulf War
in 1991, the
Kosovo War
in the late 1990s, and as part of the Canadian contribution to the international
Libyan no-fly zone
in 2011. CF-18s are also part of the Canadian contribution to the
Military intervention against ISIL
,
Operation Impact
, which began in September 2014.
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