The Ministry of Defence say that missions included “escorting US strategic bombers and scrambling twice to monitor Russian planes” operating around the Baltic Nations airspace.
“During the early morning of 15 June, Typhoons from RAF Coningsby met up with two US Air Force (USAF) B-52 bombers off the North of Scotland as they arrived from their base in the USA to conduct a long-range strategic training mission in the annual NATO BALTOPs exercise in the Baltic region.
The Typhoons welcomed the B-52s as they entered UK airspace and then escorted them across the North Sea as they were refuelled by USAF KC-135 tankers from RAF Mildenhall. The Typhoons from XI(F) Sqn were supported by a Voyager tanker from RAF Brize Norton, with coordination being provided by RAF Sentry and Sentinel aircraft from RAF Waddington.”
As the B-52s from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota left Danish airspace, they conducted additional training with French Mirage 2000 and then RAF Typhoon jets from the Baltic Air Policing mission as they flew over Latvia and Estonia.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement:
“NATO remains the best guarantor of our collective security and we continue to stand alongside our allies in the Baltics. That is why, despite the ongoing pandemic, the RAF’s participation in this multinational exercise is vital for enhancing Allied capabilities and demonstrating our combined strength.”
The following day Typhoons from the RAF Lossiemouth based 6 Sqn deployed in Lithuania, switched from the BALTOPS exercise to intercept a SU-24 Fencer E and two SU-35 Flanker M Russian aircraft operating off the Baltic coast.
The MoD say that this was followed on the 18th of June by another Typhoon scramble to deter and intercept a Russian IL-20 COOT A intelligence gathering aircraft over the Baltic Sea.
It’s great to see this level of interoperability. The RAF are certainly doing their part.
The article just goes to show how well the RAF operates , at a level of operational readiness, availability and professionalism far beyond what most nations can do. Just another example of U.K. plc being numero uno . Just wait for the wee miserable daftie doomsday merchants to pipe up with all there pessimistic we don’t have thousands of planes and oh we don’t have this missile or that missile and blah blah blah. Douglas Bader and Bomber Harris know the score RAF -5- Unsportsmanlike baw bag nations airforces 0
I love your positivity Los Pollos. Every time. Meanwhile, further down….
Thanks Dan I appreciate that .I have nothing but respect for those men and women who serve in our armed forces. I know our forces face challenging situations through lack of money and other such problems but despite it all they function and function well. The mod budget could be £2.50 and the RAF would still operate and make things work cos we always make things work and come out on top.Life is full of people who are negative and who’s sole aim seems to be to put everything and everyone else down. I’ll never apologise for supporting U.K. plc… Read more »
Bravo mate. All power to you.
lol what Rubbish you speak Yuri, you seem to be very jealous of the UK so troll on in bitterness.
Not wrong though. Someone will cop the bill and it will be the army who has its funds diverted to pay for it.
Pipe down comrade……you’re boring me already….
Ah Harold, here we go again, things have been quiet since you were using your other Iqbal avatar on other sites. Keep posting please as your utter chuff is amusing, sad, but amusing.
Any news on how we are progressing?
Germany approves upgraded AESA for Eurofighters
“The German Bundestag has approved funding to develop, build, and integrate a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system for the Luftwaffe’s Eurofighter combat aircraft fleet.”
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/germany-approves-upgraded-aesa-for-eurofighters
Putinbot. Get back to shovelling the coal into the boilers at the Kremlin. Harold you are the weakest link. Goodbys
Best response yet! I need to learn from the master lol!
The saddest thing for me. I do not believe he is a putinbot, or Russian, or anything like that. He is British. And that saddens me. And says a lot about this country.
Balderdash.