Tag: RAF tanker

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 09:03 UTC

  RAF tanker and US fighter jets nearly crashed as flight controller was distracted by cell phone call

  

  An RAF tanker aircraft and two F-15 fighters came within a split second of colliding over the North Sea after a flight controller was distracted by a phone call, an official report has revealed.The pilots of the RAF Voyager claimed that one of the United States Air Force jets was as near as 50 metres when it flew directly across their path as they were flying at 322mph.