RAF Phantom QRA Scramble

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D2wacVbk3A

A 1970's RAF video showing the role of QRA, Quick Reaction Alert, and how the RAF responded to Soviet intruders. Scenes shot RAFWattisham, involving the Southern QRA. Those same QRA sheds now house the Lightnings of the Lightning Preservation Group at Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZa1s89dXM

A Royal Air Force Phantom scrambles to intercept a Russian bomber assisted by an Avro Shackleton.(This is an RAF1970s film that shows how they use to intercept intruders at those days)

De QRA vloog uiteraard vaak hoog.

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