QRA

Question 1

What is QRA?

Answer 1

The UK’s constant readiness operation

Question 2

What does it involve?

Answer 2

The constant monitoring of UK airspace to identify rouge aircraft and appropriately respond to the threat via the deployment of Typhoons from RAF Lossimouth and/or Conningsby to intercept and escort the aircraft north, out of the UK’s area of interest.

Question 3

Command structure?

Answer 3

Detection - Air Command (RAF High Wycombe)

• –> If sufficient to scramble, pass on to Control and Reporting Centres (CRCs) at RAF Scampton and Boulmer
• –> Relay message to pilots at RAF Lossiemouth
• –> Pilots at Conningsby put on standby