ALERT RAF Typhoon fighters intercepted 3 Russian military transport aircraft

The jets were scrambled from Amari air base in Estonia to intercept three Russian planes approaching the Baltic states, with the RAF having only deployed to the region less than three weeks ago. The military transport aircraft, identified as AN-26 ‘Curl’, AN-12 ‘Cub’ and IL-76 ‘Candid’, were intercepted as they were not transmitting a recognised identification…