Training and Workforce
Top Aces A-4s To Join Canada Adversary Fleet
Older fighters will reduce the RCAF's need to use CF-18s for adversary training
Top Aces Dougle A-4 fighter jet
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Canada has extended its agreement for Top Aces adversary air and joint terminal attack controller training through October 2029, and next year it will add Douglas A-4 Skyhawk “advanced aggressor fighters” to its Canada fleet. Top Aces operates Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets and Bombardier Learjet 45s and has been training Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilots since 2005.

Training with two A-4s begins in the second quarter of 2024, and Top Aces will add two more A-4s by 2025. The training is designed to reduce the need to use CF-18s in adversary roles, according to Top Aces, and it will also help “mitigate the anticipated human resources challenges associated with the transition to the F-35,” the company explained.

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