In the past three weeks, RAF Typhoon warplanes have taken off 21 times in response to sorties by Russian military aircraft. This was reported by the AFP agency. ANews.
“British Typhoons, which have been in Estonia since March, were launched to track Russian planes when air traffic officials did not respond to requests,” the British Ministry of Defense told AFP.
British Typhoon fighters are currently operating in Estonia as “rapid response” aircraft. Also in the Baltic states there are air force units of Portugal and Romania, but they are in Lithuania.
“The Russian planes killed included Su-27 fighter jets, long-range bombers, transport and reconnaissance planes,” the UK Ministry of Defense said. Said.
In Estonia, the Royal Air Force participated in several NATO exercises, including Air Defender, which was described in London as the largest exercise since the end of the Cold War, involving more than 250 aircraft and 10,000 people from 25 countries.