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NEWS RAF Typhoons 'escort' Russian bomber through UK airspace

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RAF Typhoons intercepted a Russian Bear bomber as it approached UK airspace yesterday, the second flypast by aircraft from Vladimir Putin’s air force in three days, the Ministry of Defence said. The Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft, flying in international airspace was met by the fighters from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and “escorted … through the…

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NEWS RAF Typhoons 'escort' Russian bomber through UK airspace

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