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RAF Typhoon jets scramble to intercept unidentified aircraft approaching UK airspace
RAF jets have been scrambled in response to “unidentified aircraft” approaching the UK.
Typhoon fighters from RAF Lossiemouth, in Moray, Scotland, and a Voyager tanker from RAF Brize Norton have been launched in a ‘Quick Reaction Alert’ mission.
UK Defence Journal editor George Allison said on Twitter that the Voyager tanker is transmitting a transponder code indicating it is “conducting a NATO air policing mission”.
This he adds is a mission “which aims to preserve the security of Alliance airspace”.
An image on flightradar24.com shows the Voyager circling north of Scotland.
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