The quick reaction alert (QRA) incident involved Typhoon jets flown from Leuchars in Fife. RAF station's £75m revamped runway opens Major military exercises taking place off Scotland The jets and ...

RAF bosses confirmed that the pilot issued the alert after the Typhoon was suffering from a refuelling issue. He returned to a nearby base and landed safely following the incident. The jets left ...

An apparent Litening targeting pod and its pylon became detached from an RAF Eurofighter Typhoon during a training ... while operating around the England-Scotland border. This incident was ...

RAF Leuchars in Scotland is now the only RAF air show to open its gates at the historically important ... A local Tornado F3 also made a welcome appearance as the type winds down to retirement. Its ...

Britain has agreed a £3 billion contract for 40 more Euro-fighter Typhoon jets ... which will be based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and at RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland, should enter service ...

A Typhoon jet from 6 Squadron at RAF Leuchars lands at the base after contributing to the symbolic 100,000th hour.A representative from Eurofighter GmbH congratulates Wing Commander Roddy Dennis, ...

Leuchars Station was originally built as an RAF base. Before its closure it had ... Along with Hangar 57, it is the oldest aircraft hangar in Scotland. The UK Defence Infrastructure Organisation ...

The last ever show at RAF Leuchars went out with a bang and a ‘skyful' of Typhoons. Austrian Air Force Typhoons appeared for the first time in the UK and performed a QRA scramble and dogfight. The ...

Two RAF fighter jets were sent to head off Russian military planes on course for Scotland. The Typhoons took off from Lossiemouth in Moray on Wednesday, after two Russian aircraft approached the ...

Long missions have been flown over Libya averaging 5.5 hours with the longest lasting more than 8 hours. To accomplish such long missions the RAF Typhoons get three air-to-air refuellings ...

Squadron at RAF Leuchars in January 2013. The Typhoon's most essential role is for Quick Reaction Alert for UK and Falkland Islands airspace.