A LOW-FLYING RAF fighter jet left residents stunned as it roared over Clackmannanshire and Stirling.
The Typhoon was spotted at around 12.25pm on Tuesday, November 3, with residents reporting seeing and hearing the aircraft as it passed across the area.
It was reported over Dollar, Tillicoultry, Alva and Menstrie before turning near Dumyat and heading towards Stirling.
Further sightings were reported around Doune and Dunblane.
Residents took to social media after the unusual flypast, with one saying: “Omg got the fright of my life.”
Another said: “Walking behind the prison, thought it was coming down on our heads.”
A third, who reported seeing it near Sterling Mills, said: “Flew right over Sterling [Mills] thought it was landing in the car park.”
Another resident said: “There was one and it was very low as I live right by the Ochil and seen it clearly as it passed it skimmed sideways past the hills on the face of them not above.”
Other people were quick to reply that it wasn't a Tornado but instead a Typhoon FGR.Mk4, a highly agile multi‑role combat aircraft.
The Panavia Tornado was officially retired from active service by the Royal Air Force RAF in 2019, after nearly 40 years of combat service.
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