The Conservative government is defending Canada’s withdrawal from a key NATO airborne surveillance system, even though Canadian fighter jets are benefiting from it in Eastern Europe.
Fifteen NATO allies are contributing personnel to the alliance’s airborne early warning program, known as AWACS, which is playing a key role tracking Russian military aircraft in response to the crisis in Ukraine.
However, Canadian military personnel are not among them as the Conservative government quietly decided to end Canada’s decades-long participation in AWACS in 2011 as a cost-cutting measure. The last Canadian Forces member left the mission earlier this year.
NATO officials have told the Citizen …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
