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 ...

In June 2024, RAF Typhoon FGR4 jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea. What followed wasn’t a dogfight or dramatic confrontation – but rather a ...

The Royal Air Force scrambled fighter jets after a Russian bomber was spotted near UK airspace, highlighting ongoing tensions between NATO and Moscow.

Defence secretary John Healey confirmed the military action and said fragments of a drone that struck the UK base at Akrotiri, Cyprus, were being examined for “foreign military equipment”. "To support ...