These were the fifteenth and sixteenth QRA scrambles resulting in intercepts since the RAF took over enhanced Air Policing (eAP) from the German Air Force on 3 May 2019 as part of Baltic Air Policing (Pictured: two SU-27B 'Flanker' fighters intercepted yesterday)
Daily Mail: RAF Typhoon jets scramble to intercept five Russian planes from Putin's air force near Nato airspace over the Baltic states in just two days
* Typhoons at Amari Air Base, Estonia, were launched on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week
* The RAF fighter jets were sent to escort Russian military transport aircraft flying close to Estonian territory
* The operations are a routine part of NATO air policing around Estonia, according to the Royal Air Force
* It marks the 15th and 16th times RAF fighters at Amari have been launched since they took over the NATO air policing mission on May 3
Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets have intercepted a fifth Russian military aircraft in the last two days.
Typhoon fighter jets operating from Ämari Air Base in Estonia were sent to escort Russian military transport aircraft from Putin's airforce away from Estonian territory, in what the RAF says is a routine part of NATO air policing operations.
Today the Typhoons intercepted a Russian Tupolev TU-134 'Crusty' transport aircraft flying close to Estonian airspace.
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WNU Editor: There is a lot of Russian military traffic in this region. The British air force is going to be busy.
If these flights are provocative by design, let us not forget, two can play this game.
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