U.S. will have to send its own fighter jets into Canadian airspace if Ottawa doesn't buy 88 F-35s, Hoekstra says

Canada is likely to see more F-35 fighter jets one way or another, according to U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra.

If Canada doesn’t go ahead with purchasing 88 of the jets, that would mean the United States would have to buy more of the advanced fighter aircraft for its own air force, Hoekstra told the CBC during a recent interview at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. And it would fly them more often into Canadian airspace to address threats approaching the U.S.

“If Canada is no longer going to provide that (capability)...