mannycalavera@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 1 month agoKeir Starmer says UK 'not involved in any way' in US strike on Venezuela - BBC Newswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
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minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·1 month agoIn the same way that their AWACS planes weren’t involved in helping the IDF bomb Gaza?
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoBritain retired its AWACS in 2021
minus-squareHorse {they/them}@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoit replaced the E-3 Sentry with the E-7 Wedgetail, it still performs the same role
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIt only went into service late in 2025, though. The RAF didn’t have that capability for the vast majority of the bombing campaign in question
In the same way that their AWACS planes weren’t involved in helping the IDF bomb Gaza?
Britain retired its AWACS in 2021
it replaced the E-3 Sentry with the E-7 Wedgetail, it still performs the same role
It only went into service late in 2025, though. The RAF didn’t have that capability for the vast majority of the bombing campaign in question