Because the F-4 wasn't operational yet. And I don't think the Yanks would have sold us their new front line fighter anyway. We were (still are) a little too left of centre for the Republicans to trust.
I was an armourer with 416 from 80-84. You fitters always tried to crash our parties, cause everybody knows no one parties like the animals in the bomb dump. And the ready birds in the "Q" belonged to us!
There were 132 Voodoos purchased by Canada in 2 batches of 66. They were not manufactured for Canada but rather were castoffs no longer used by the USAF. And we had to take over a whack of radar sites from the US for the priveledge of aquiring their used aircraft. Ain't it great to have such a...
Small wings = glide ratio of a large rock. When the engine flamed-out you had one option...EJECT!