It’s been claimed that a Russian pilot deliberately tried to shoot down a RAF spy plane last year, believing he had been given permission to fire. Russia blamed a “technical malfunction” for the incident over the Black Sea. But intercepted communications reportedly suggest the pilot fired after receiving an ambiguous command from a Russian ground […]
Romanian Carpathian Vipers, assisted by the RAF’s Typhoons FGR4 aircraft, have been taking part in reaction drills to intercept Russian aircraft as part of Nato Baltic Air Policing. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, pilots from Romania, Lithuania and Great Britain have been tasked with intercepting Russian jets that enter Nato airspace. All pilots are […]
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NATO Fighter Jets Scramble to Intercept 3 Russian Su-35 in the Baltic Sea The Nato Air Force has intercepted two Russian fighter jets and a spy plane flying near NATO airspace over the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. Eurofighter Typhoon, f/a-18 fighter jets from IX(B) Squadron RAF and German Air Force 71st ‘Richtofen’ […]