RAF fighter jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept Russian bombers North of Scotland.
Two RAF Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled this morning as well as a tanker to intercept two Russian long-range bombers as QRA launch mission.
Britain said its Typhoon fighter jets intercepted two Russian maritime patrol bomber aircraft in international airspace north of Scotland on Monday, within NATO’s northern air policing area.
The Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J aircraft were monitored in international airspace as they passed north of the UK.
“Pilots launched in their Typhoon jets to intercept two Russian long-range bombers this morning, monitoring them as they passed north of the Shetland Islands, ready to counter any potential threat to UK territory,” British armed forces minister James Heappey said.
