By Ashleigh Barbour – Press & Journal

RAF chiefs fear pilots’ lives are being put at risk by the number of windfarms being built in the Moray area.

Papers lodged with the Scottish Government show military top brass are worried that turbines are jeopardising the safety of fast jets returning to the key Lossiemouth base at speeds of up to 500mph.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is fighting to block plans for four huge new wind turbines south of the base, and officials say existing windfarms in the area are already causing a “significant operational issue”.

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