BREAKING: British Typhoons in near clash with Turkish jets over Cyprus
This strikes me as an odd occurrence... It seems that the RAF scrambled from Akrotiri to intercept unknown aircraft over Turkish-Cypriot airspace, however the Turkish Air Force then scrambled from Incirlik to intercept the RAF Typhoons...
Given they are NATO partners, and given the RAF regularly fly over and around Cyprus, what went "wrong" here? Do the RAF generally completely avoid northern Cyprus? Would we normally contact the Turkish before entering the Turkish sector?