RAF scrambled to face UK-bound Tus
Manchester Evening News|November 13, 2021
THE Ministry of Defence has said Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled yesterday to respond to two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers "approaching the UK area of interest In a statement, the MoD said: "Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon fighters based at RAF Lossiemouth & Coningsby were scrambled today against unidentified aircraft approaching the UK area of interest.
RAF scrambled to face UK-bound Tus

“Subsequently we intercepted and escorted two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack, long-range strategic bomber aircraft." The Russian bombers did not enter UK airspace.

The Russian Ministry of Defence had said on Thursday that its aircraft, of the same type as were intercepted on Friday, had conducted a patrol over Belarusian airspace.

Russia has also sent paratroopers to Belarus in a show of support for its ally amid tensions over an influx of migrants at the border with Poland.

The Russian Defence Ministry said as part of joint war games Russian troops will parachute from Il-76 transport planes in Belarus's Grodno region, which borders Poland.

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