Quick Reaction Alert North (QRA (N) )Eurofighter Typhoons based at Royal Air Force Lossiemouth launched from Leuchars Station to intercept two Russian Bear F aircraft.
A small number of Typhoon Aircraft have temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station from RAF Lossiemouth to cover Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) during the bolthole period. This is due to the runway being resurfaced at RAF Lossiemouth for the arrival of the new P-8A Aircraft that will be homed at Lossie from Mid October.
Live-armed QRA Typhoon fighters were scrambled for the third time in six days today. This time they intercepted Russian military aircraft operating over the North Sea near UK airspace.
The Typhoons, flown by pilots from RAF Lossiemouth, launched from Leuchars Station, in Fife where they are temporarily deployed while runway resurfacing takes place at RAF Lossiemouth.
They were assisted by an RAF Voyager from RAF Brize Norton which provided air to air refuelling for the Typhoons, and a NATO E-3A Sentry Airborne Early Warning aircraft that was re-tasked from a training mission nearby.
A small number of Typhoon Aircraft have temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station from RAF Lossiemouth to cover Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) during the bolthole period. This is due to the runway being resurfaced at RAF Lossiemouth for the arrival of the new P-8A Aircraft that will be homed at Lossie from Mid October.
A small number of Typhoon Aircraft have temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station from RAF Lossiemouth to cover Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) during the bolthole period. This is due to the runway being resurfaced at RAF Lossiemouth for the arrival of the new P-8A Aircraft that will be homed at Lossie from Mid October.
A small number of Typhoon Aircraft have temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station from RAF Lossiemouth to cover Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) during the bolthole period. This is due to the runway being resurfaced at RAF Lossiemouth for the arrival of the new P-8A Aircraft that will be homed at Lossie from Mid October.
A small number of Typhoon Aircraft have temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station from RAF Lossiemouth to cover Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) during the bolthole period. This is due to the runway being resurfaced at RAF Lossiemouth for the arrival of the new P-8A Aircraft that will be homed at Lossie from Mid October.
A small number of Typhoon Aircraft have temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station from RAF Lossiemouth to cover Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) during the bolthole period. This is due to the runway being resurfaced at RAF Lossiemouth for the arrival of the new P-8A Aircraft that will be homed at Lossie from Mid October.
A small number of Typhoon Aircraft have temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station from RAF Lossiemouth to cover Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) during the bolthole period. This is due to the runway being resurfaced at RAF Lossiemouth for the arrival of the new P-8A Aircraft that will be homed at Lossie from Mid October.
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