Raf Coningsby

People living as far south as Yorkshire and up to North Tyneside have said they heard the noise. The aircraft were launched from RAF Coningsby on Monday night to identify an unresponsive civilian aircraft, the Ministry of Defence said. People reported ...

Two RAF Typhoons and their crews had an exciting flight out last night, after an unresponsive passenger plane needed to be intercepted and shown the way down after losing radio contact with air traffic control. The fighters from RAF Coningsby were ...

Homes in Yorkshire shook as RAF jets were scrambled to twin sonic booms as the aircraft were scrambled from RAF Coningsby on Monday night to identify an unresponsive civilian aircraft, the Ministry of Defence said. A sonic boom is generated when a jet ...

Loud bangs across areas of Doncaster and Yorkshire send were caused by RAF jets from Lincolnshire, it has been confirmed. People took to social media last night after hearing loud bangs just before 10pm. There are no reports of anyone being able to ...

Two British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons have intercepted an Air France passenger jet after it lost contact with air traffic control. The incident occurred over Yorkshire on Monday night, when the Typhoons were launched from Coningsby airbase, ...

Though the flight path was from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire headed north, it seems that some in Retford felt the reverberations. One Retford resident said: "It sounded like rolling thunder and it went on for ages, I heard it just before 10pm. "If it ...