First operational sortie for Meteor In RAF service

[Tmyers123]

Big milestone for the Typhoon Force today as QRA from Lossiemouth launched with the Meteor BVRAAM for the first time.

It’s thought that the QRA was in response to Russian Air Force Blackjacks.

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[Abbo46]

Two Tu-160s heading to Venezuela.

[Berf]

Maybe the headline should be first RAF operational sortie for Meteor.

[Tmyers123]

Maybe the headline should be first RAF operational sortie for Meteor.

Apologies, completely forgot about France and Sweden.

[FarnboroJohn]

Maybe the headline should be first RAF operational sortie for Meteor.

Either way I thought I'd fallen through a timewarp to 1944!

[Robin]

Wouldn't it have been much easier to mention that in this case the Meteor is a missile.

[Tmyers123]

Sorry, but assuming people bother to read to post, I think it becomes obvious that it’s about the missile the second you start reading it.

[DOUGHNUT]

"Big milestone for the Typhoon Force today as QRA from Lossiemouth launched with the Meteor BVRAAM for the first time."

Well I hope they landed with it as well, if the missile that been "launched" it would have made the 6.00 o'clock news.