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The RAF has scrambled fighter jets over Poland six times in one week to repel 15 Russian military aircraft operating close to NATO airspace.
The Typhoon FGR4 aircraft were based at the 22nd Tactical Air Base in Malbork, Poland, and conducted the missions from June 7 to 12.
The six incidents mark the most intense period for the air force since being deployed in the region on April 1 as part of Operation Chessman, underlining an uptick in Russian intelligence-gathering operations in the Baltics.
As part of the UK’s commitment to NATO’s defence, it has moved both aircraft and personnel to the enhanced air policing mission, including the fourth-generation jet.
The first aerial showdown took place on June 7 when RAF pilots were sent to identify an aircraft departing the Kaliningrad region, later confirmed to be an Antonov An-30, a Soviet-era reconnaissance craft used to map terrain via aerial photography.
