Official figures show there were 120 days in 2016 where crews were scrambled to the runways at RAF Lossiemouth or RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, and another 138 days last year
RAF fighter jets from Lossiemouth have been scrambled to intercept Russian planes.
Two Typhoon fighters took off from RAF Lossiemouth just before 9:30am in response to Russian planes approaching UK airspace.
The Russian planes are understood to have traveled south towards the UK from near Norway. The incident is ongoing.
A Voyager — used to refuel jets in mid-air — was deployed from RAF Brize Norton and scoured the north coast near John O’ Groats.
The fleet then began heading south towards Dundee and Edinburgh just after 10am.
A spokesman for the RAF said: “We can confirm that quick reaction alert Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth scrambled this morning, this is a live operation and therefore we will not be providing any additional information until the mission is complete.”
