ALERT RAF Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept Russian aircraft near UK airspace

The Quick Reaction Alert Typhoons launched from RAF Lossiemouth and were joined by an RAF Voyager to provide air-to-air refuelling. The Quick Reaction Alert Typhoons were launched from RAF Lossiemouth, north Scotland, after the Russian planes were detected over the North Sea. They intercepted a pair of TU-142 “Bear-F” Maritime Reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft…

The Netherlands accused Russian Su-30 fighter jets of “aggressive” behaviour in an encounter with a Dutch warship on Tuesday

The Netherlands on Tuesday accused Russian fighter jets of “aggressive” behaviour in an encounter with a Dutch warship in the Black Sea. The incident last Thursday involved the frigate HNMLS Evertsen, part of a carrier strike group with the British destroyer HMS Defender, which itself purportedly came under Russian warning fire a day earlier. The…

Antonov Airlines transports five Black Hawk helicopters from Poland to the Philippines on a single flight

Antonov Airlines safely transported five Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk utility-helicopters on a single AN-124-100 flight from Poland to the Philippines. The AN-124 completed the second consignment of the Polish-built helicopter under a government-to-government agreement from Rzeszów, Poland, to Angeles, the Philippines. Each of these utility helicopters weighed 5.6 tonnes, and the overall cargo weighted 35…