bombing missions: Despite maintaining that to be their stated intention, since the Oct. 19 election, the RCAF has continued its bombing missions from its operating base in Kuwait, according to The Chronicle Herald. Just last Thursday, the Defence Department reported to the media that Canada CF-18s had successfully bombed a Daesh explosives factory inside Syria. During the election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to end Canada participation in the allied airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq and Syria. It is indeed a strange conundrum for our government to insist it will halt the bombing, and in the next breath trumpet the success of our RCAF flyboys. To offset the withdrawal of our CF-18s, the Liberals have stated from day one that they will beef up the scale our current training mission in Northern Iraq. Even if Canada does bring home the six CF-18 combat planes currently assigned to the U.S.-led air armada engaging Daesh targets, there is a strong likelihood that the RCAF would continue to contribute air-to-air refuelling planes as well as reconnaissance aircraft.
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