RAF Typhoons sett off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Friday night (19 September) and patrolled the skies in the area where 19 drones were shot down earlier this month.
Fighter jets, which were given the call signs “chaos 1-1” and “chaos 1-2”, patrolled close to Belarusian and Russian airspace.
Defence Secretary John Healey said the RAF pilots and crew were “standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Poland in defence of our shared security” by carrying out the mission.
“I’m proud of the outstanding British pilots and air crew who took part in this successful operation to defend our Allies from reckless Russian aggression.
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The fighter jets, which were accompanied by a Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft, embarked on the mission 10 days after Russian drones entered Polish airspace.
The drones incursion prompted Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk to warn that his country was the closest to “open conflict” it had been since the Second World War.
The UK is not the only Nato country patrolling the eastern flank – missions have also been coordinated alongside Denmark, France and Germany.
The jets, equipped with advanced sensors and infrared-guided advanced short-range air-to-air missiles, refuelled at around 25,000ft while the Voyager was travelling at speeds of approximately 439mph.
The Voyager pilots found out about their first Nato policing mission on Thursday, after originally being scheduled to take part in a UK-based training exercise.
More than 400 UK personnel are due to support the Nato patrolling missions in eastern Europe.
“This sortie marks the RAF’s first operational mission on Eastern Sentry, reinforcing the UK’s steadfast commitment to Nato and its allies.
“We remain agile, integrated, and ready to project airpower at range.”
Additional reporting by Press Association.
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