Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) is state of readiness and modus operandi of air defence maintained at all hours of the day by NATO air forces. The United States usually refers to Quick Reaction Alert as 'Airspace Control Alert'.

Tornado QRA nightime take-off at RAF Leeming during late 2000. Filmed from adjacent to the control tower.

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Quick Reaction Alert, known colloquially as QRA, is state of readiness and modus operandi of air defence maintained at all hours of the day by NATO, mainly involving the Royal Air Force (RAF). Some non-NATO countries also maintain QRA, although not necessarily full-time. These include Switzerland, Sweden and Austria.

Each of the QRA elements consists of two mission-ready Eurofighter fighter jets, which are armed with an internal gun and air-to-air missiles even in peacetime. Not later than 15 minutes after being alerted, these QRA aircraft will be in the air to intercept aircraft to be identified.

The No. 6 Squadron based at RAF Leuchars in Fife, Scotland replaced the Tornado F3 with Eurofighter Typhoon which was celebrating its operation at its 11th Air Force Base. The Squadron will hold the key to Britain’s Northern air policing Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) force, replacing the Tornado F3 of 111 Squadron.

May 27, 2023 · On standby 24/7, the RAF’s Typhoon crews remain the closest the UK has come to a direct confrontation with Russia ’s military machine. The Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) squadrons are ready to...

May 2, 2019 · RAF Lossiemouth welcomed a new, fourth operational Typhoon squadron to augment its mission to protect UK and NATO airspace today. The personnel and aircraft of IX (B) Squadron will be at the heart of the UK’s Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Force, ready to take off within minutes of an alert being triggered.

Based at RAF Lossiemouth, II (AC) Squadron is one of two Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) stations in the UK. The Squadron is one of the first fixed-wing units of the Royal Flying Corps and aircraft flown have included the Spitfire XI, Phantom FGR2 and the Tornado GR1A.

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