Thursday, April 24, 2014

RAF fighter jets intercept Russian bombers off coast of Scotland


Four RAF Typhoon fighters will next week join Nato warplanes from Poland and Denmark in the Baltic states
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/23/raf-fighter-jets-russian-bombers-scotland

"The aircraft were subsequently identified as Russian military aircraft. The Russian military aircraft remained in international airspace at all times as they are perfectly entitled to do so. Russian military flights have never entered UK sovereign airspace without authorisation," he said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10783730/RAF-Typhoons-scrambled-to-Russian-bombers.html