Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier scrambled F-35 combat jets to intercept Russian spy plane

“Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier scrambled F-35 combat jets to intercept Russian spy plane”

The Royal Navy’s flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, scrambled F-35 combat jets to intercept a Russian spy plane heading towards the carrier strike group in the High North, GB News can exclusively reveal. Our team embedded for several days on the warship and had exclusive access as the drama unfolded. Two of the carrier’s fifth-generation stealth combat jets launched to respond to the Tupolev reconnaissance aircraft, nicknamed the Bear, as it began closing in on the Prince of…