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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia will bring home surveillance aircraft supporting Ukraine within weeks

An E-7A Wedgetail taxiing
Australia is briging home an E-7A Wedgetail deployed to assist Ukraine last year in response to a US request. Photograph: CPL Brett Sherriff/Department of Defence

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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