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RAF on alert due to upcoming Arctic cargo aircraft activity
By
George Allison
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December 1, 2023
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The Royal Air Force will be on high alert from now until the 25th of December to track an unregistered cargo flight from the Arctic region.
The aircraft is understood to have behavioural intelligence-gathering capabilities of the type that can sort British citizens into a ‘list’, determining their behaviour over the last year.
The move has been prompted by an incident around a year ago in which Typhoon aircraft escorted a Lapland-registered aircraft over the UK’s major cities early on the morning of the 25th. The pilot of the craft was said to be under the influence of alcohol and very “festive”; this is especially dangerous due to the sheer volume of cargo the aircraft was carrying.
Ministry of Defence spokesman C. Cringle had this to say:
“Interception is part of what the QRA force do. We have to identify and confirm who or what is flying through our airspace or approaching our airspace and since the craft appears at the same time each year, we have a fairly good idea who will be flying but we don’t take any chances.”
This is expected to happen again towards the end of next month from the 24th through to the 25th.
The Ministry of Defence previously used satellites with infrared sensors to track the aircraft last time this happened, it is understood that the heat from an animal’s red nose was clearly visible and it was at this point RAF aircraft began escorting the jet over every British city, town and village.
More on this as it develops. We expect more updates on the 25th of December.
Everyone could use a bit of festive cheer, we hope this article has given you some of that.
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