Posted on Feb 4, 2022
UK scrambles jets to intercept 4 Russian military planes
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Britain’s Royal Air Force said Wednesday that it scrambled fighter jets in response to four Russian military aircraft approaching the United Kingdom.
The force said four Russian strategic bombers were “intercepted and escorted,” adding that they did not enter U.K. airspace at any point.
The Typhoon jets took off from British air force bases in Lossiemouth, northeast Scotland, and they were joined by a Voyager air-to-air refueling tanker launched from Oxfordshire, England.
Authorities did not provide further details on the operation.
The force said four Russian strategic bombers were “intercepted and escorted,” adding that they did not enter U.K. airspace at any point.
The Typhoon jets took off from British air force bases in Lossiemouth, northeast Scotland, and they were joined by a Voyager air-to-air refueling tanker launched from Oxfordshire, England.
Authorities did not provide further details on the operation.
UK scrambles jets to intercept 4 Russian military planes
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The ongoing game of "chicken in the sky". I lost some friends in 1969 when Korean Migs shot down a EC-121 while on a recon mission in the Sea of Japan. I remember being "escorted" but not shot at. It's a tense game that can turn deadly.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
The Story of EC-121 Beggar Shadow Shoot Down
On April 15, 1969, a Navy EC-121M reconnaissance aircraft (PR-21/BuNo 135749) of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One (VQ-1) with a crew of 31, including nine Naval Security Group (NAVSECGRU) and …
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