Tag: British jets intercepts two Russian bombers in a period of heightened tension

British fighter jets today intercepted two Russian bombers north of Scotland and within NATO’s northern air policing area. The RAF Typhoon fighter jets scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray to monitor the flight path of the Russian Tu-142 Bear-F and Tu-142 Bear-J aircraft. Such Russian aircraft are packed with an array of communications and reconnaissance…