Portuguese Quick Reaction Alert

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If NATO needs us, after 15 minutes maximum, we have two jets airborne, ready to do any
interception.
The pilots, the maintainers and also the armament crew will do their normal day-to-day life
here, at this facility that was built specifically for the quick reaction alert.
So they have their meals, they even sleep here, close to the jets.
All NATO countries should have the defence alert like we have.
Some countries, for example the Baltic states, they do not have the capacity yet.
That's why NATO ensures the QRA for them.
And this is a rotation system with all NATO players, to make sure that all airspace in
NATO is covered by air defence fighters.
Average we do about 300 hours, 8-10 missions per year.
The real scramble is really an aircraft that is in emergency, or just entering the airspace
without authorisation, and the remaining missions are to train the pilots for the procedure.
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