The Royal Air Force has dispatched fighter jets after a Russian maritime patrol plane was spotted near the UK’s carrier task force.
F-35s were launched in response to the sighting of the Russian aircraft, reported the UK Carrier Strike Group.
Norwegian airforce F-35As joined the RAF in escorting the Russian patrol plane.
Amid heightened tensions over the conflict in Ukraine, the RAF and the UK’s NATO partners have been on high alert for the Russian Air Force incursions.
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