"Royal Air Force Typhoons Retasked to Investigate..." Topic
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Tango01 | 20 May 2014 11:16 p.m. PST |
Unidentified Russian Navy Corvette and Helicopter. "RAF Typhoons have had their first encounter with Russian forces as part of their mission to protect Baltic airspace. The British fighters were already airborne on a training sortie when they were re-tasked to intercept an unidentified aircraft close to the Latvian border. At the same time Danish fighters were scrambled out Amari, Estonia, in support. The unidentified aircraft was believed to be a Ka-27 helicopter that was operating over international waters but was not 'squawking' / transmitting an Air traffic control identification code nor talking to regional air traffic control; this type of helicopter being seen on the lead ship of the Corvette fleet by the Typhoons on arrival. The 3 Squadron aircraft, normally based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, paid a friendly visit to the Russian Stereguschiy class corvette which is the newest addition to the Russian Federation Naval fleet which is designed primarily to conduct coastal patrol operations
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Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
MajorB | 21 May 2014 5:55 a.m. PST |
From that link: "Being re-tasked during a training mission is not unusual; " |
Jemima Fawr | 21 May 2014 6:20 a.m. PST |
So exactly what they've been doing on Baltic air-policing duty for the last 10 years or so
Nothing to see
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Lion in the Stars | 21 May 2014 11:14 a.m. PST |
"Being re-tasked during a training mission is not unusual; " OK, Typhoon jocks, time to do it for real! |
Deadone | 21 May 2014 4:49 p.m. PST |
I love how the modern media makes something out of nothing. Reminds me of the 2003 invasion of Iraq when the Aussie media got hung up on an F/A-18 mission being scrapped due to risk of collateral damage. It's not news – it's standard operating procedure. |
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