Photos British Military Forces

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Avro Vulcan a RAF jet-powered tailless delta wing high-altitude strategic bomber, although in the mid-1960s a change to low-level tactics was made. In the mid-1970s nine Vulcans were adapted for maritime radar reconnaissance operations, redesignated as B.2 (MRR). In the final years of service six Vulcans were converted to the K.2 tanker configuration for aerial refuelling.

First flight of the Vulcan was August 30th, 1952. Introduction to service was September 1956, 136 total Vulcans were built and she served with the RAF until March of 1984. One notable exception was XH558 featured in many of these pictures, she was kept airworthy until October of 2015 for display flights, air shows and the like and is still to this day maintained in taxiable condition.

 

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Combat Recce - The Scottish & North Irish Yeomantry. Over the weekend, Combat Team East, made up from both C and E Sqn, have been going underground.

Utilising the training area at RM Condor, they constructed sub-surface Observation Posts (OP’s) and occupied them in routine.
Typically established in a screen, OP’s provide early warning of enemy movements, troop concentration, patterns and their capabilities, by day and night in any weather.
Along with our HF and VHF radios, they are then able to relay this critical information to an HQ where it forms a key element in building the picture of what the enemy are doing and what their most likely and most dangerous courses of action may be.

 

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Lead aircraft carrier of her class, HMS Queen Elizabeth (R09) departing Portsmouth. 21 Oct 2024 Jonathan Davies @JonnyMD1

 

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Daring class (Type 45) destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33) entering Portsmouth for the first time, 3 December 2009.

 

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Handley Page Victor aerobatics

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Royal Navy Black Cats (with AW159 Wildcat - from 825 Naval Air Squadron and the Lynx Wildcat Maritime Force based at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset.
Photos taken yesterday

 

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RAF Nimrod over a North Sea oil rig in the early 1970s

 

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F35B Lightning II aboard HMS Prince of Wales during Ex Strike Warrior, Oct 2024

 

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British Eurofighter Typhoon

 

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809 NAS and 617 Sqn engineers preparing F-35 jets for departure aboard HMS Prince of Wales. 28 October 2024

 

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Avro Vulcan at Wideawake Airfield, Ascension Island, 1982.

 

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British soldiers from 3 Regiment Army Air Corps and soldiers from the 1st Aviation Regiment, Australian Army Aviation Command, Wattisham Flying Station, Great Britain, June 2024.

 

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846 Naval Air Squadron Commando Merlins get fuel from the Commando Helicopter Force's Aviation Combat Services Support Squadron.

 

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Victor tanker taxis back after a fast taxi run at Bruntingthorpe, August 28, 2016

 

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Name aircraft carrier of the class HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) departing. 4th Nov 2024

 

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Astute class submarine passing Gourock inbound for Faslane. 3 Nov 2024

Daring class (Type 45) destroyer HMS Dragon (D35) completing upkeep period in Portsmouth. Naval Strike Missile mounts being added (under tented scaffolding behind Sea Viper silo). Nov 2024

Tide class oiler HMS Tidespring (A136) outbound from Faslane. 5 Nov 2024

 

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Challenger 2 main battle tank named “Alice” assigned to the King's Royal Hussars patrols the roadway during Exercise Combined Resolve 24-2 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center near Hohenfels, Germany, June 1, 2024.

 

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Berlin flashback, height of the Cold War

 

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