Australia will bring home surveillance aircraft supporting Ukraine within weeks
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6KETQ)
The RAAF E-7A Wedgetail was deployed to monitor threats to assistance from Russia, but Australia says withdrawal does not mean it is scaling back support
Australia is set to bring home a surveillance aircraft that has helped to protect the delivery of military and humanitarian supplies to Ukraine, but denies it is part of any broader scaling back of support for the country.
The Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail - which has conducted regular flying missions to monitor threats since its deployment to Germany in October - is likely to end its current role within weeks.
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