British Typhoons intercept Russian Tu-22M3 bombers

The Royal Air Force on Saturday announced that Typhoon fighter jets with Sweden Gripens intercepted Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea. According to a press release, Typhoons from 140 Expeditionary Air Wing and Swedish Air Force Gripens scrambled this afternoon, for a third time in 48 hours, to intercept two Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers […]

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