Auditor General Finds Cost to Buy F-35 Jets Has Risen to at Least $33.2B

An F-35 fighter jet taxies out for a training mission at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, on March 15, 2017. George Frey/Getty Images

Canada’s plan to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets with F-35s will cost much more than initially projected, according to the auditor general.

Auditor General Karen Hogan released several new reports on June 10, including one examining the federal government’s Future Fighter Capability Project.