Quick Reaction Alert

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'.

Some non-NATO countries maintain a QRA,[1] either full-time or part-time.[2][3]

A QRA Typhoon from XI Sqn at RAF Coningsby escorts a Russian Tu-95 (ASCC designation "Bear") in August 2008
  1. ^ "Schweizer Luftwaffe: Luftpolizeidienst jetzt rund um die Uhr". www.flugrevue.de. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ Fiona Lombardi; The Swiss Air Power: Wherefrom? Whereto?, vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 2007, Page 95.Swiss Air Power
  3. ^ Georg Mader; "Austria further reduces QRA capabilities", Air Platforms, Jane's 360, IHS, 21 August 2014.[1]