The Royal Air Force has handed over responsibility for the NATO Air Policing mission in Romania to Canada.

The Royal Canadian Air Force's Hornet fighter jets will replace the RAF's Typhoons, which have been stationed at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base for the last four months.

While working on Operation Biloxi, four RAF Typhoons and around 150 British personnel have been based in south-east Romania.

In that time, the RAF conducted eight scrambles in response to 20 Russian aircraft travelling towards NATO airspace.

Last week, RAF Typhoons were scrambled to intercept a Russian Be-12 maritime patrol aircraft, just two days after the British jets shadowed two suspected Russian Su-30 Flanker aircraft over the Black Sea.

This month it was announced that a new relationship between Britain and Romania will support a Romanian training exercise, with the UK taking on a "mentoring role" as part of the partnership.

Next year, the RAF will be also be carrying out similar missions to eAP in Iceland and Estonia.