National Post: “The F-35 is not an American plane,” Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said at a recent summit in Toronto. “The F-35 is what? It is an international consortium building the most advanced fighter jet in the world.”
Adding pressure for defence cooperation, he hinted that the U.S. could work well with Canada on the sixth-generation fighters.
“You may get an invitation to join the U.S. as part of a consortium to do the sixth gen on fighter planes,” he said.
“Your choice. You wanna partner with the U.S. or not? Not our decision.”…