A former F-35 test pilot says Canada likely benefited from not purchasing the stealth fighter more than a decade ago.
Retired lieutenant-colonel Billie Flynn spent more than 17 years flying the F-35 as a test pilot after a 23-year career in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He says Canada has avoided many of the teething problems that have plagued the F-35 during its early years, and is now poised to receive better planes at a lower price than if it had purchased the aircraft under the previous Conservative government.
Yet Flynn is also criticizing the federal Liberal government for not fully committing to the stealth fighter now.
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