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Guide Note: Sept 6, 2007: The UK's Royal Air Force launched fighter jets to intercept eight Russian military planes flying in airspace patrolled by Nato

Fast Facts

  1. Four RAF F3 Tornado aircraft were scrambled
  2. The Russian planes were long-range bombers - Tupolev Tu-95 Bear aircraft
  3. They had had earlier been followed by Norwegian jets
  4. Russia recently revived a Cold War-era practice of flying bombers on long-range patrols

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UK Intercepts 8 Russian Bombers



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UK Intercepts 8 Russian Bombers News

  • BBC News: UK jets shadow Russian bombers (Sept 6, 2007)
  • Guardian Unlimited: Q&A: Russian reconnaissance (Sept 6, 2007)
  • Times Online: Russian Bears force RAF to scramble (Sept 6, 2007)
  • Guardian Unlimited: UK jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft (Sept 6, 2007)
  • The Telegraph: Tornados scrambled to intercept Russian jets (Sept 6, 2007)

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