Australia is sending an aircraft and personnel to the Middle East. Does this mean we are entering the war?
- Written by Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is off to another Middle Eastern war, which is likely a surprise to many given how contentious the country’s involvement in the Iraq war was.
The Albanese government has decided to send a RAAF E-7A Wedgetail surveillance aircraft to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with 85 personnel and a supply of...
