By Natali Moss
The incident with the interception of two Russian Tu-142 bombers by the royal military-air forces of Great Britain occurred in the morning of August 21. The British Ministry of Defense states stated that the British military aircraft observed Russian bombers when they were within the northern NATO air patrol zone. This situation took place in the morning of August 21. The British Air Force sent a Typhoon from the military airfield of Lossimuth, which is located in the northeast of Scotland.
"Lossimut crews are constantly watching the Air Space of the United Kingdom and are always ready to take measures instantly to guarantee our country's security," said the Minister of the UK Armed Forces James Gippi. The department added that after fulfilling the Typhoon mission they returned to their base. It should be reminded that on June 8 and 9, the UK Air Force found Russian planes near NATO airspace. The Alliance fighters were sent to their interception.
On the morning of June 9, British pilots again had to intercept one An-12 and one An-72 moving south of mainland from mainland in Kaliningrad region. Later, two more TU-22m and two SU-30 were also flying south of the mainland Russia over the Gulf of Finnish and the Baltic Sea. In addition, US fighters intercepted six Russian combat aircraft off the coast of Alaska on May 11, when large multinational military training under the leadership of the United States took place in the state.
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