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A 55th Wing RC-135V Rivet Joint operating from a Greek island has been flying reconnaissance missions near Israel, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip since Oct. 12, according to flight-tracking websites.

A 55th Wing RC-135V Rivet Joint operating from a Greek island has been flying reconnaissance missions near Israel, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip since Oct. 12, according to flight-tracking websites.

A 55th Wing RC-135V Rivet Joint operating from a Greek island has been flying reconnaissance missions near Israel, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip since Oct. 12, according to flight-tracking websites.

A 55th Wing RC-135V Rivet Joint operating from a Greek island has been flying reconnaissance missions near Israel, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip since Oct. 12, according to flight-tracking websites.

A 55th Wing RC-135V Rivet Joint operating from a Greek island has been flying reconnaissance missions near Israel, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip since Oct. 12, according to flight-tracking websites.

Since the aborted June coup attempt in Russia by now-assassinated Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, the United States and the United Kingdom have been escalating their aerial surveillance of Russian, Belorussian and Wagner Group forces in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. Their activity is necessary because other NATO member states either lack the capability or, as in France and Germany's case, the cost-willingness to support this intelligence effort.

The U.S. military described last weeks encounter over the South China Sea as unprofessional and risky. A 55th Wing pilot-turned-historian says such intercepts are routine for reconnaissance crews.

People across Norfolk have spotted rehearsals for the Kings coronation flypast.

People across Norfolk have spotted rehearsals for the Kings coronation flypast.

John Foreman (pictured), who served as the British Defence Attaché in Russia until September last year, said the Russians had apologised after the incident as it is not in their interests to escalate.