UK fighter jets begin NATO air mission

Two RAF Typhoons patrolled Polish skies to deter and defend against aerial threats from Russia. Picture: Sgt Neil Bryden RAF/ British Ministry of Defence/ EPA/ AAP

LONDON: British fighter jets have flown their first NATO air defence sortie over Poland as part of NATO’s Eastern Sentry mission, aimed at strengthening the Western alliance’s defences following a Russian drone incursion this month. The mission, announced by the UK government in the immediate aftermath of the incursions into Polish airspace, sends “a clear […]

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