When a British fighter jet screams across the sky to intercept a Russian aircraft, the world watches. These high-stakes encounters, happening with increasing frequency over European airspace, ...
The military alliance routinely scrambles fighter aircraft to intercept Russian warplanes that approach or fly near NATO airspace. NATO says the Russian planes it intercepts often fail to use their ...
NATO Air Policing jets were scrambled four times between April 13 and 19 to intercept Russian aircraft incursions ...
Live-armed Typhoons were scrambled from the RAF Lossiemouth base on Monday morning to intercept two Russian Tu-142 Bear-F aircraft as they approached UK borders. The aircraft were first detected by ...
NATO forces intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets over the Baltic Sea on Monday, in a potent show of air power on the alliance’s eastern flank, diverting attention from the Middle ...