Super Hornets To End Strikes Against ISIS, Head Home Soon, Says Payne
December 22 2017
Defense Minister Marise Payne has announced that Australia will stop its airstrikes in the Middle East and withdraw some of its forces, reports the Guardian (U.K.).
Six F/A-18F Super Hornet strike fighters will soon be returning home, Payne told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
This does not mean the end of Canberra's commitment to Iraq, said Payne.
Wedgetail surveillance and refueling aircraft – the Australian name for the E-7A early warning and control aircraft - will...
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