British fighters twice in 48 hours intercepted Russian planes

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/95/C5/IB-FRSSAPC4S_BF17FE35.jpg" Alt = "British fighters twice in 48 hours intercepted Russian planes"/> ~ ~ < P > The Typhoon Fighters of the royal Air Force were rising twice in 48 hours to intercept Russian military aircraft approaching NATO airspace. About this & nbsp; writes & nbsp; the telegraph.

< p > it is about & nbsp; British battle aircraft Typhoon, placed in Eastern Europe.

< p > The first incident occurred on April 15, when two fighters from the Malbork aircraft in Poland were urgently directed to intercepted the Russian scout aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea. & Amp; nbsp; Flew from the Russian Anclav Kaliningrad bordering Poland and Lithuania.

< P > These interceptions became the first within the Operation of the Chessman – a new NATO mission in which royal Air Force cooperate with Swedish to restrain Russian air threats.

< p > As you know, British fighters, which are usually based on Lossimuth Air Base in Scotland, were sent to the region only three weeks ago. 200 servicemen of Britain and six aircraft were also sent to Poland.

< p > “Great Britain is unshakable in its devotion. In the face of growing Russian aggression and increasing security threat If it was not necessary to ensure our security at home and force abroad, ” – said the Minister of Armed Forces Luke Pollard. & nbsp;