[sukhoi-30mki]

[coloradan]

A day late and a dollar short ... but better than nothing. Maybe two days late. Enough to turn the tide?

[rahbert]

there is something wrong with that airplane.

[mylife]

To late. By tomorrow Gaddhafi will have Benghazi

[mlocher]

Fighter jets from CFB Bagotville in Quebec are expected to head to Europe as soon as various diplomatic clearances are obtained.

Since when do you need a diplomatic clearance to wage war?

[DemforBush]

I’m no expert on these things, but in my Armchair General opinion, it’s probably much too late for a no-fly zone to make much difference.

Even if Libya’s air power is effectively squelched, Qadaffi has artillery (gun and rocket) to pound rebel positions with impunity. And there are plenty of Libyan tanks and IFV’s to crush what’s left of a foe that apparently has little anti-armor capability.

[SIDENET]

Canadian fighter jets heading to Libya

Both of them?

j/k

[Mike Darancette]

We’ll be there in a fortnight eh!

[I see my hands]

[Republic_of_Secession.]

Canada: that so called “peaceful” nation which would NEVER [ sarcasm ] join a war effort - only a “peacekeeping” effort. Chalk it up to Orwellian doublethink.

[buccaneer81]

Since when did the “RCAF” marking return?

[buccaneer81]

And why does a CF-18 have a tailhook?

[Husker24]

In all of Western Europe, there are not enough aircraft to deal with Libya’s two bit airforce? NATO has to rely on Canada to fly them all the way to Europe?