British fighter jets deployed over fears of Russian bomber approaching UK

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RAF fighter jets were scrambled on Tuesday over fears a suspected long-range Russian bomber was nearing British airspace. Two Typhoons were deployed from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and were accompanied by a Voyager refuelling plane from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The unidentified aircraft had been tracked heading to the UK on radar, but remained outside UK airspace with no interception taking place. The Typhoons have since returned to base. Britain’s involvement in tracking the aircraft