Spike in defence spending is boosting flight times, RCAF chief says
Jamie Speiser-Blanchet speaks with media at the Museum of Aviation in Ottawa in July.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountOne year into her new job as commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt.-Gen. “That results in more experienced personnel, more upgrades, more readiness.”Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defence spending, Carney says at summitYearly RCAF flying hours, which fell over the past decade, are now on an upswing. We are going to begin training, so that’s exciting,” Speiser-Blanchet said.Since U.S.
- ▪Jamie Speiser-Blanchet speaks with media at the Museum of Aviation in Ottawa in July.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountOne year into her new job as commander of th
- ▪“That results in more experienced personnel, more upgrades, more readiness.”Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defence spending, Carney says at summitYearly RCAF flying hours, which fell over the past decade, are now on an upswing.
- ▪We are going to begin training, so that’s exciting,” Speiser-Blanchet said.Since U.S.
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Open this photo in gallery:Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet speaks with media at the Museum of Aviation in Ottawa in July.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountOne year into her new job as commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lt.-Gen. Jamie Speiser-Blanchet said she could see an immediate effect of the federal government’s defence spending boost: RCAF pilots are spending more time in the air.In a recent interview with The Canadian Press, Speiser-Blanchet also acknowledged that preparing the entire service for what she described as a rapid and “giant transformation” – rebuilding the whole plane while it’s flying, so to speak – sometimes gives her pause.“It’s that pace of change sometimes that worries me a…
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