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RAF Eurofighters intercepted a pair of Tu-160s

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Royal Air Force Eurofighters on Quick Reaction Alert at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire were scrambled on Feb. 17 to intercept a pair of Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers heading to U.K. airspace.

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