Military Photo: Blackjack Intercepted

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Posted: 09/01/2015

On Thu 10 September, Royal Air Force Aerospace Battle Managers at RAF Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) Boulmer in Nothumberland alerted and scrambled RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon fighter aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept two Russian military ‘’Blackjack’ aircraft who were flying in international airspace.

The RAF Typhoon pilots visually identified the two Russian aircraft and escorted them whilst in the UK area of interest. Air to air refuelling (AAR) support was provided by an RAF Voyager aircraft from RAF Brize Norton.

RAF Photo MoD/Crown copyright 2015

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