It cost the Canadians 18 million for the use of our air-lift capacity? The Canadians got a bargain. Sounds much cheaper than buying their own planes.
Time-sharing sounds like an unworkable idea. Who pays for maintainance? Who pays if the plane cracks up or is shot down? The potential enemies have only to find out when a certain country has use of the transports in order to plan their own offensives.
Anything so the socialist "allies" don't have to increase their defence budgets.
Wasn't there a U.S. president, who, when confronted with a request from the "Army Air Force" for dozens of planes, asked: "Can't they just buy one and let the pilots take turns flying it?"
Looks like the Canadians have just come up with the same idea. Typical.
--Boris