{"id":57748,"date":"2015-11-20T08:57:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T13:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=57748"},"modified":"2015-11-20T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T15:24:36","slug":"breaking-news-raf-sends-jets-to-intercept-russian-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-news-raf-sends-jets-to-intercept-russian-bombers\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF Sends Jets To Intercept Russian Bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"
The RAF has scrambled Typhoon jets to intercept two Russian bombers that are nearing British airspace.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the fighter jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth.<\/p>\n
The MoD also said ‘The aircraft were identified as Russian Tu-160 \u2018Blackjack\u2019 supersonic bombers, which were escorted by the RAF until they were clear of the UK area of interest,\u201d a Royal Air Force spokesperson said, stressing that \u201cat no time did the Russian aircraft cross into UK sovereign airspace.’<\/p>\n