Nothing unusual about seeing the Tu-95s off the coast of the UK. They have been a bit late this year as it has been about 6 months since the last Tu-95MS Bear H flight down into the North Sea. They do come down as far as the Netherlands and are intercepted by respective NATO Quick Reaction Alert aircraft. Yesterday Royal Netherlands F-16s and Danish F-16 also intercepted the two Tu-95s.
There is currently a Russian Aircraft over the UK at the moment conducting reconnaissance. Don’t be alarmed as it is a Russian Air Force Antonov 30 on an Open Skies Mission. Hopefully you might see it?
There is a NOTAM out for 24th April for the aircraft to operate out of RAF Brize Norton.
A group of Russian inspectors is expected to conduct an observation flight aboard an observation plane An-30B over the territory of the UK within the framework of the Treaty on Open Skies. This statement was made by Sergey Ryzhkov, Head of the National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center.
“The observation flight will be performed on April 22 – 25 from the Open Skies airbase at Brize Norton and will cover a maximum range of up to 2,400 kilometers. The observation flight will be conducted for the purpose of greater openness of the Open Skies Treaty’s member states,” Mr. Ryzhkov noted.
The Russian aircraft An-30B will make a flight along a route agreed upon with the British side, and UK experts will control the application of surveillance equipment and observation of treaty provisions.
http://www.siberianinsider.com/russia-to-perform-observation-flight-over-great-britain.html
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