U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said American interventions in Canadian airspace would increase if the country were not to purchase the fighter jets.
An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet practices for an air show appearance in Ottawa, Canada, on Sept. 6, 2019. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The U.S. ambassador to Canada has warned that the arrangements involving the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) may have to change if Ottawa doesn’t follow through on a deal to purchase 88 American-made F-35 fighter jets.
“NORAD would have to be altered,” U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra told CBC News in an interview published on Jan. 26.
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