Ageing RCAF CF-188A/B Hornets engaged in busy EAP deployment

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF’s) fleet of ageing CF-188A/B Hornets have been kept busy during ongoing Enhanced Air Policing operations based out of Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base in Constanta, Romania, alongside colleagues from the Forțele Aeriene Române/Romanian Air Force (RoAF). First introduced into service in 1982, the RCAF CF-188A/B Hornets are nearing the completion of their fourth decade of operations. In a bid to prolong the type’s service life, Canada initiated the Hornet Extension Project that will modernise the