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A Most Unwanted Plane: Canada’s CF-5 Freedom Fighter
the Canadians only used the CF-5s as a lead-in trainer for Royal Canadian Air Force pilots who were slated to pilot the CF-104 and, later, the CF-18 Hornet. The CF-5 saw no combat, although it did ...
Historic aircraft, veterans on hand to mark RCAF’s 100th anniversary in Langley
There, he flew the CF-104 Starfighter, a nuclear-armed supersonic jet that formed part of the RCAF's contribution to NATO.