It all got a bit busy again since 2007, I was up one day watching an eight ship ladder of Bears that made the Telegraph. I seem to recall their being a Blackjack or 2 around that day - my logbook says so.
Tornados scrambled to intercept Russian jets - Telegraph
The picture of the Typhoon in the article has an amusing story behind it. To get a picture of a QRA Typhoon on it they scrambled them from Southern QRA and then hauled off the F3s that had been shadowing it for some time. They got the picture and then the Typhoons went home; the F3s then continued shadowing for a few more hours after they went home.
Anyway, there was a resurgence of Bear and Blackjack badges at Leuchars after that day!
LJ