The encounter can be revealed as figures show how the RAF is being repeatedly scrambled to intercept the Kremlin's bombers.

Two Typhoons were scrambled from the RAF air base at Lossiemouth on Wednesday. In a statement, the Ministry of Defence said ...

Two fighter jets had to be diverted to an RAF station in Lincolnshire because of bad weather affecting their base in Moray ... heavy rain for a large part of Scotland. Moray and parts of the ...

RAF bosses confirmed that the pilot issued the alert after the Typhoon was suffering from a refuelling issue. He returned to a nearby base and landed safely following the incident. The jets left ...

Located a few miles from the Cambridgeshire border is Thurleigh, a quiet village that became home to an RAF base in the Second ... the first time that an RAF aircraft crashed at the airfield ...

It might seem hard to imagine now, with duty-free shops and modern passenger jets on the tarmac, but the airport's original use was as an RAF base in WW2. It was built in August 1942 by American ...

The B52 touched down at the base on the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire border today. But an MoD spokesman insisted that the MoD could not comment on the movement of any US aircraft. RAF Fairford is ...

The RAF is providing RC-135 Rivet Joint and P-8 Poseidon MRA1 aircraft from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target ...

RAF fighter jets have been scrambled when a Russian ... The Quick Reaction Alert system operates from bases in both Scotland and England, with aircraft ready to defend and protect UK airspace ...

An RAF fighter jet has been left "damaged" after it came into contact with a bird and had to return to its base in a county. The F35 aircraft was flying over north Wales when it suffered a bird ...

Residents living near RAF Leeming have been advised of increased aircraft scheduled at the end of January, which may mean more noise than usual. The activity, part of an operational exercise ...