Declassified Australia

Involved in

• The logistical pivot appears to have followed exclusive reporting by Declassified Australia in October last year that showed multiple exports of F‑35 parts from Sydney to Israel via Bangkok.

• Declassified Australia contacted United Airlines and the Department of Defence for comment, but neither responded by the deadline.

Statements attributed to it

• If the rerouting was intended to ‘wash’ the parts’ Australian origin, it failed.

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• The two‑day transit time suggests the parts were not in the United States long enough for further manufacture, repair, or storage.

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• The logistical pivot appears to have followed exclusive reporting by Declassified Australia in October last year that showed multiple exports of F‑35 parts from Sydney to Israel via Bangkok.

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• Declassified Australia contacted United Airlines and the Department of Defence for comment, but neither responded by the deadline.

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• United Airlines flight UA870 left Sydney International Airport’s Terminal 1 just after midday on a 13‑hour flight to San Francisco.

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• Defence Minister Richard Marles has been required since June 2024 to scrutinise defence exports to every potential shipment to Israel.

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• The new secret pipeline of F‑35 parts went live on 10 December 2025.

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• Over the three months after the December 2025 report, nine additional JSF parts were flown from Sydney on United Airlines passenger flights to Tel Aviv.

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• The leaked documents confirm that the flow of lethal F‑35 components from Australia to Israel has continued uninterrupted.

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• Senior Australian ministers claimed that Australia exports no weapons to Israel, then conceded exports may be going to a US global hub, and later claimed only non‑lethal weapons parts were exported to Israel.

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• The new routing may have been developed for ‘origin laundering’ to allow ministers to claim the parts were merely added to a US global hub.

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Published documents

• SHADOW FLIGHTS: LEAKS REVEAL NEW U.S. ROUTE OF F-35 JET PARTS TO ISRAEL

Track record

1 document · 21 claims produced · 0 contradicted

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