£900,000 to paint a plane

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You see BT, all this moaning and your favourite plane was in action yesterday in seeing off the best that Putin and Co can offer.
They obviously saw the plane and thought thatBJ was on board so they buggered off quick!
Yesterday, Battlespace Management Operations personnel from RAF Boulmer executed their tactical air command and control function to identify a threat to the UK airspace and alerted the RAF Quick Reaction Alert Force.

The new VIP Voyager from RAF Brize Norton and two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth were launched to intercept Russian Aircraft, approaching the UK Flight Information Region. At no point did the Russian Aircraft enter UK Sovereign airspace.

Officer Commanding Battlespace Management Operations, Wing Commander Lisa Foy, said:

‘Security of the UK airspace is at the core of our mission. Personnel from RAF Boulmer and the wider Battlespace Management Operations team provide 24/7 surveillance of the skies and support the aircrew to respond to any threat’.

Mate of mine worked for the RAF as an air traffic controller.

He said that the Russians used to prod our defences every night, and we always had to respond. I'm going back a few years mind.