BREAKING: British Typhoons in near clash with Turkish jets over Cyprus
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE
• Tuesday, 03 September, 2013
British and Turkish fighter planes nearly clashed over the skies of Cyprus yesterday after two Typhoon Eurofighters scrambled from Akrotiri airbase.
Details remain unclear, but informed sources said the Typhoons, which are part of a total of six aircraft sent to the RAF Akrotiri airbase for possible actions against Syria, flew over the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus to intercept unidentified planes.
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