What model of F15s do they have at Portland? Do they have a special warp drive that we’re not allowed to hear about?
112NM in under 5 minutes? That would be about 24 NM per minute. Let’s call that an average speed of 1400-1500 knots. That’s pretty awesome.
Whilst I accept they would have made their way to the scene with all haste and supersonic flight would have been permitted, let’s not get carried away.
112 NM isn’t too far for a QRA scramble either is it? Imagine a Coningsby jet being scrambled to an incident off Cornwall.
I’d say the QRA did a pretty good job of getting there in a timely fashion.
BV