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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