National Defence committee  Right. So we can go by as long as it took to get our fighters over there this time. It's about 15 flying hours to get right into theatre. That will include perhaps a stop en route for the refuelling tanker to pick up fuel. That's generally going to give you an idea.

National Defence committee  First, I should say that the CF-18s we're flying now, although they look exactly the same from the outside, have changed a fair bit as a result of the upgrade from when Mr. Hawn and I flew them. The modernization efforts that went into them have made them a world-class fighter by

National Defence committee  Indeed. Everything that the air force has done by way of analysis of all those aircraft available to Canada suggests that there is no comparison.

National Defence committee  I'll take the question on behalf of the air force. Admiral Davidson may speak on behalf of the navy. Yes. Of course there is an air-to-air role, for which Canada is extremely well armed and equipped, not only with a radar that allows us to see at the distances that we need to se

National Defence committee  It's actually a fairly short ride. About 45 minutes gets you to a place where you can now perform a defensive counter-air mission, and it's a little bit longer to get right over land to carry out offensive-type missions. But the length of time to get there is less a factor than h

National Defence committee  In fact the idea is to have six--four, a two-turn two--and there was no ask on behalf of the coalition for more than six, nor were there any more authorized than that. So in fact there is not authority. Certainly if an ask came the government would have the option to....

National Defence committee  Thank you. The pilots and air crews involved in the enforcement of the no-fly zone have a much clearer idea of how to carry that out than some of the more strategic questions that have been asked here. Once they're airborne, for instance, on what is a defensive, counter-air miss