At 18.10LT on Thursday Apr. 12 emergency agency telephone switch boards started receiving reports of a large bang or explosion that could be heard all over the southern UK. It took a couple of hours ...

British and German Eurofighters are integrating to carry out joint QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) service in the Baltic region. For the next couple of months, RAF and GAF Eurofighter jets will carry out ...

A sonic boom rocked residents' homes in southeast London and south Essex this morning after the RAF launched a Quick Reaction Alert Force to intercept a civilian plane which has landed at Stansted.

A sonic boom shook homes in southeast London and south Essex this morning after the Royal Air Force launched a Quick Reaction Alert Force to intercept a civilian plane which landed at Stansted. RAF ...

Two Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray on Tuesday after radar detected an unidentified aircraft approaching UK airspace. The incident, part of a Quick ...

– The Typhoons launched from RAF Lossiemouth, one of the RAF's two Quick Reaction Alert stations, where RAF fighters are constantly available to respond to threats at a moment's notice LONDON, England ...

Wg Cdr Chris Layden, commander of XI (Fighter) Squadron whose pilots scramble from RAF Coningsby, said: “Everyone who flies a fighter on QRA understands that it’s a pretty serious business and in the ...

RAF Typhoon jets intercepted Russian bombers flying north of Scotland in the early hours of Monday morning, the UK government has said. Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept two Russian ...