For the coming weeks, an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft of the Royal Air Force of Australia will operate from the 32nd Tactical Aviation Base in Łask, said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish. The mission of Australian pilots on the east NATO flank was agreed at the last summit of the Alliance in The Hague.
Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz present reported on the start of the mission of the Royal Air Force of Australia in Poland. Quota of about 100 Australian soldiers and E-7A early informing aircraft Wedgetail will operate from 32th Tactical Aviation Base in Grace for respective weeks. "E-7A crews will support NATO's efforts to defend airspace and coordinate air operations on the east flank of the Alliance," wrote the head of the MON on portal X.
The mission of Australian airmen was agreed at the NATO summit in The Hague. "The deployment of E-7A Wedgetail aircraft will again show our ability to operate from Europe, together with NATO and partners, to support Ukraine and global peace and security," said Richard Marles, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Australia.
This is the first always E-7A mission carried out from the territory of Poland and only the second from Europe. A twelve months ago, an Australian early informing aircraft operated from Ramstein Base in Germany (November 2023 – April 2024).
E-7A Wedgetail is an early informing aircraft produced by Boeing on behalf of the Royal Air Force of Australia. This is simply a redesigned and decently equipped Boeing 737NG. The maker of the "heart" system, or MESA radar, is the American company Northrop Grumman. The device is able to detect high-flying aircraft from a distance of up to 600 km, and erstwhile conducting reflection against the ground, i.e. objects at low altitudes, from a distance of about 370 km. MESA enables the simultaneous tracking of 180 targets and the management of 24 interceptions. Outside Australia, the users of this device are Turkey and the Republic of Korea, and shortly besides the United Kingdom and NATO.
