Kyiv assures the White House that it would not deploy second-hand Australian warplanes into Russian airspace if dozens of the retired F/A-18s are transferred to Ukraine.
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If approved, the transfer would be Australia's largest-ever single transfer of military equipment to a foreign powerHigh-level international negotiations are continuing between Australia, Ukraine, and the United States over the fate of the decommissioned fighter aircraft, in what could become this country's largest-ever single transfer of military equipment to a foreign power.after almost 40 years of service, which included bombing missions in the Middle East against Islamic State.
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