This is why you might see and hear a huge RAF plane over Edinburgh today

The air force will be performing “essential training” in the region this afternoon.

The Royal Air Force will be carrying out “essential training” over the skies above Edinburgh this afternoon, it has announced.

A C-17 - a military plane designed by Boeing - will fly over Edinburgh, Newcastle and Birmingham as part of the crew’s training mission.

Based in Oxfordshire at RAF Brize Norton, the RAF’s largest air base, the C-17 was developed to perform strategic airlifts, and transporting troops.

A statement on the airbase’s twitter account said this latest training exercise was not connected with the RAF’s “support to the UK’s fight against Covid-19.”

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