Yesterday as we were preparing to welcome two more @P8A_PoseidonRAF sub-hunters, our Quick Reaction Alert crews were busy #SecuringTheSkies https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps"> of the United Kingdom https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches"> & @NATO airspace.

This #MegaThread will explain what happened, and why it& #39;s so important we scrambled.

1/ #QRA
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📅" title="Kalender" aria-label="Emoji: Kalender"> QRA temporarily relocated to Leuchars Station at the end of July while the intersection of the two runways at RAF Lossiemouth was resurfaced.

The first Typhoon touched down on the new surfaces this Monday, followed on Tuesday by one of the RAF’s first Poseidon MRA1.

10/ #QRA
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps"> By the end of this week, #TeamLossie will have Typhoons and Poseidon on home turf, #SecuringTheSkies and #SecuringTheSeas over and around the United Kingdom https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇧" title="Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge des Vereinigten Königreiches">.

11/ #QRA
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