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Trafalgar-class nuclear hunter/killer submarine HMS Triumph departing Devonport, 4 Sept 2023

 

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Royal Marines Commandos

 

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History has been made with a pilotless aircraft landing and taking off again from a British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales for the very first time at sea.

 

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Royal marines from Surveillance & Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) working with ands Astute class submarine in Arctic waters off Norway on Ex Cold Response 2022

 

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Vanguard class submarine returning to Faslane after 6 month patrol. Sept 2023

 

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Good Grief, where were they patrolling in that thing, some nasty river somewhere??? That looks terrible!

 

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Now fading in the memory the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod was one of the most iconic maritime patrol aircraft of the Cold War. Based in the airliner de Havilland Comet served with the UK for 40 years. Pic taken in Jan 1983 and interestingly it carries AIM-9 Sidewinder, unusual for its role.

 

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Good Grief, where were they patrolling in that thing, some nasty river somewhere??? That looks terrible!

Ok, I'm am not a submarine expert, and read this elsewhere on the net, that is referred to as a grass skirt due to an extended period of slow patrolling during which plant life grows on the hull. Looking at how extensive the skirt is, they've been low and slow for a long time.

 

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Vanguard class submarine returning to Faslane after 6 month patrol. Sept 2023
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Looks like it's had 10 minutes floating in the Wye just upstream from my bit.

 

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F-35Bs from RAF 617 Sqn have embarked on HMS Queen Elizabeth for CSG23

 

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Sunday flight deck,HMS Queen Elizabeth. 24 Sept 2023

 

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RAF Typhoon from 41 Test and Evaluation Squadron landing on a Finnish road during Ex Baana 2023

“Once we landed on the strip we stopped to refuel before taking off again, I couldn’t help but look around and think ‘I am sitting in a jet on a road in the middle of a forest in Finland’. That was pretty crazy and definitely a first.”

 

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RAF F-35B arrives at San Diego for Miramar Airshow. Sept 2023

 

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Vanguard class submarine returning to Faslane after 6 month patrol. Sept 2023
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It's time for them to tell the truth, they were looking for Nessie, and not necessarily in the lake, right?

 

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An RAF F-35B ready to take off from HMS Queen Elizabeth during CSG23

 

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HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) as seen from USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), Yokosuka, Japan, 03 Sept 2021

Type 45 (Daring) class destroyer HMS Diamond (D34) disembarking the Pilot as she sails from the Tyne following a few days alongside for a logistic stop. 29 Sept 2023

River class OPV HMS Trent (P224) hosting a reception (aka cocktail party) whilst alongside in Tema, Ghana. Sept 2023

 

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On Sunday, October 1, 2023, the British newspaper Daily Mirror was the first to report that, in accordance with the decision of British Defense Minister Grant Shapps, four Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 multi-role aircraft were sent to Poland on the same day to strengthen the allied defense of NATO's eastern flank.

Deploying our aircraft ahead of the parliamentary elections in Poland will be a very powerful way to undeniably show Vladimir Putin that our government will protect democracy and freedom against any despotic tyrant who threatens our allies, said Minister Grant Shapps in a statement to the media.

 

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16 Air Assault Brigade - training to maintain and develop aircrew and soldiers' skills, our advance force Pathfinders jumped from RAF C-17s at 12,000ft on Exercise Paramoose.

Freefall parachuting gives PF a discrete option to insert behind enemy lines to carry out battle-winning reconnaissance.

 

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Royal Marines Boarding Team from 42 Commando conducted a Close Quarters Battle (CQB) Exercise at Ras Madrakah Training Area.

 

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27 Sqn Tornado