US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn't go through
Source: The Independent
US warns they will send fighter jets into Canadian airspace if F-35 deal doesn’t go through
Cost of F-35 advanced fighter jet program has risen by $8 billion in the last three years
Ariana Baio
Tuesday 27 January 2026 11:16 GMT
The United States could alter its decades-old North American Aerospace Defense Command deal with Canada should its government backtrack on the purchase of 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, the U.S. ambassador to Canada has warned.
In the latest back-and-forth between the U.S. and Canada over the deal, Ambassador Pete Hoekstra cautioned that if Canada purchased fewer fighter jets, the U.S. would “fill those gaps” in security concerns.
That could mean the U.S. would need to purchase more F-35 fighter jets for its own use and use them to intervene in Canadian airspace more frequently.
Under the current terms of NORAD, the U.S. and Canada can operate in one another’s airspace to track or intercept threats. However, Hoekstra indicated U.S. intervention would go even further, should the fighter jet deal change, thus requiring new terms to the Cold War-era agreement.
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