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Daily Mirror
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Ryan Fahey

RAF fighter jets intercept Russian plane after air traffic control loses contact

The UK has joined Germany in sending fighter jets to intercept a Russian aircraft in Estonian airspace.

The show of force on Tuesday saw the pair of British and German Typhoon jets react to a Russian air-to-air refuelling aircraft, after it failed to communicate with Estonian air traffic control.

British pilots are currently conducting joint air policing missions in the country alongside the German air force for the first time.

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