At present, the two Tu-95 bombers appear headed back to Russia, but as of 4 p.m.

NATO aircraft from the United Kingdom and Norway were standing by and NATO assets on the ground and in the air tracked the Russian aircraft throughout. The Russian aircraft turned back heading north-east, flying to the west of the United Kingdom. While over the Atlantic Ocean west of Portugal, the two Russian aircraft were intercepted and identified by F-16s from the Portuguese Air Force. The Russian aircraft continued over the North Sea, and Typhoon fighters from the United Kingdom were scrambled in response. Six of the Russian aircraft then turned back to the north-east towards Russia, while two Tu-95 Bear H bombers continued south-west, parallel to the Norwegian coast, heading to the south-west. The formation flew from mainland Russia over the Norwegian Sea in international airspace. F-16 aircraft from the Royal Norwegian Air Force were scrambled, intercepted and identified the Russian aircraft, which included four Tu-95 Bear H strategic bombers and four Il-78 tanker aircraft. CET on 29 October, NATO radars detected and tracked eight Russian aircraft flying in formation over the North Sea. These sizable Russian flights represent an unusual level of air activity over European airspace.Įight Russian Aircraft Intercepted over North Sea / Atlantic Ocean on 29 October 2014Īt approximately 3:00 a.m. NATO detected and monitored four groups of Russian military aircraft conducting significant military manoeuvers in European airspace over the Baltic Sea, North Sea/Atlantic Ocean, and Black Sea on 28 and 29 October 2014. Air Force aircraft designed using the digital approach, the eT-7A Red Hawk, embraced model-based engineering and 3D design tools which reduced assembly hours by 80% and cut software development time in half.Russian jets over Victory Day Parade, (photo: José Luis Celada Euba) “Aircraft, satellites, weapon systems and more that are digitally engineered will receive an ‘e’ prefix.” The first U.S. “To inspire companies to embrace the possibilities presented by digital engineering, today the Department of the Air Force is announcing a new weapons system designator-the ‘e’ series,” Barrett said. Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett told Air Force Association conference attendees 14 September 2020 that the future of Air and Space technology would include aircraft, weapons and satellites which will be digitally engineered and virtually tested before ever taking physical form.

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