RAF SCRAMBLED as Russian fighter jets BUZZ airspace – Putin tests Nato patience yet AGAIN
RAF jets have been scrambled in response to Russian fighter jets buzzing Nato airspace.
By JOEY MILLAR
Express.co.uk
Fri, May 4, 2018
The RAF Typhoon jets were launched today after Russian Il-20 Coot aircraft neared foreign airspace.
The RAF said jets stationed in Romania were scrambled over the Black Sea as a Russia plane approached.
The airforce said the jets monitored the hostile aircraft but “did not come within visual range” of each other.
The RAF said in a statement: “Royal Air Force Typhoons based in Romania have been launched as a response to a Russian aircraft operating near NATO airspace over the Black Sea.
“Operating from the Romanian Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta on the Black Sea coast, the RAF Typhoons responded to a Russian Federation Air Force IL-20, NATO codename Coot, heading west near NATO airspace.
“The Russian military jets were flying over the western Black Sea and were monitored by the Typhoons in accordance with the NATO Enhanced Air Policing (EAP) mission the RAF are conducting in Romania. The IL-20 Coot was tracked as it departed North East but the aircraft did not come within visual range of each other.
“The RAF mission in Romania is part of NATO’s Assurance Measures introduced in 2014. At the time, the Alliance started implementing these Assurance Measures with the goal to demonstrate the collective resolve of Allies, demonstrate the defensive nature of NATO and deter the threat of Russian aggression against NATO Allies.”
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