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https://defence-blog.com/australia-weig ... o-ukraine/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/ ... /106097120
It comes as the government considers whether to offload retiring Tiger helicopters to Kyiv a year after Australia's Ukrainian community was angered by the Australian Defence Force's decision to dismantle and bury its MRH-90 Taipan helicopter fleet.
The Taipans had been grounded and taken apart following a fatal crash in July, 2023, that claimed the lives of four soldiers.
Attention has since turned to the ADF's European-built Tiger helicopters, which are in the process of being retired as Australia transitions to the US-made Apache fleet.
The army's fleet of 22 Tiger helicopters, which entered service in 2004, is due to be fully withdrawn by 2028, though defence officials have indicated the timetable could be brought forward.