RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian spy plane and fighter jet

RAF Typhoons and Swedish Air Force Gripens were scrambled to intercept a Russian air force spy plane, being escorted by a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft flying close to Nato and Swedish airspace.

Fighter jets from RAF Lossiemouth's 140 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) are currently deployed on Nato's Baltic Air Policing mission in Estonia and made the intercept last night.

Russia's Ilyushin Il-20 Coot-A intelligence-gathering planes are capable of analysing military communications and signals to assist attacking aircraft or ground forces.

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[injusticemattersuk]

It's one of the most beautiful jets I've ever seen
This jet can move

[zanglang]

NATO is doing the same above Black Sea, on a daily basis. There are U2s, P3s, P8s, drones, and more.

[lokischildren]

Well that's the entire RAF scrambled

[ladsrus]

With the Russian air force’s current attrition rate in Ukraine I fully expect these typhoons to be intercepting biplanes in a couple of years 😂

[injusticemattersuk]

The wasted time to typhoon jet because we don't have enough
We've got 137 Frontline typhoons to defend this country
Russia's got 3000 jets
L

[jimmycl]

so no different to the last 40 years then

[michaelvanacker]

rather doing this then trying to fly over Ukraine 😂😂😂

[Climpus]

'Riveting footage' (thank God...)

[uktenatsila]

Great work!
Off subject, I sense that discord is becoming a real threat to security.

[deancormier]

Could you imagine a NATO intervention, Russia would collapse. 😂 Peer to peer force my ass. Would be like picking on the special kid. 😂😂

[ConservativesAgainstTrump]

But when Russia intercepts their aircraft around Russian airspace it’s unacceptable. Give me a break