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Two Russian Navy Tu-142 Bear-F long-range maritime patrol reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare

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Two Russian Navy Tu-142 Bear-F long-range maritime patrol reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft were intercepted by the Italian Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.

On Mar. 18, 2019, the Italian Air Force Typhoons deployed to Iceland to support NATO’s Air Policing operations, were launched to carry out a VID (Visual IDentification) of two Russian Tu-142 aircraft flying in international airspace in the vicinity of Icelandic borders.

The intercept was the first carried out since the Italian Eurofighter Typhoons deployed to Keflavik, Iceland, on Mar. 11, 2019, to undertake QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) duties, providing intercept capabilities for Iceland, a NATO ally that does not have a full range of air defence assets.

https://theaviationist.com/2019/03/21/two-russian-tu-142-maritime-reconnaissance-and-anti-submarine-warfare-aircraft-intercepted-by-italian-typhoons-off-iceland/

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