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This is one of two British Royal Navy aircraft carriers that will enter service in 2012.

This is one of two British Royal Navy aircraft carriers that will enter service in 2012.

The Typhoons tuck in close to the VC10 'mothership'.

The 29 (Reserve) Squadron aircraft pulls away from the formation.

Typhoon pair over a Middle Eastern desert.

For part of the journey the Typhoons were joined by a Tornado GR4 from No 31 Squadron.

Typhoon breaking away from the GR4.

First pictures of a pair of RAF Typhoons which have deployed from their base at Warton to Singapore to undertake the type's first operational deployment. En-route to their destination, stops were made in Cyprus, Abu Dhabi and Sri Lanka offering locals a rare glimpse of the RAF's future...

An RAF Regiment gunner guards several Harrier jump jets at nighttime with his bullpup rifle.

An RAF Harrier prep during nighttime.

An RAF Tornado GR4 at sunset.

A marshal waves an RAF Tornado GR4 at nighttime.

A fully loaded British Harrier jump jet at nightime.

A pair of RAF Tornado F3s execute an air-to-air refuelling with a VC-10 during the Iraq War.

RAF Tornado F3s taxi during a sandstorm.

A particularly cinematic shot of a Royal Navy landing ship in the Gulf as the sun bursts through the clouds.

Royal Marines assaulting the Al Faw peninsula, Iraq's only contact with the Gulf. The helicopter in the background is a Sea King transport helicopter.

A Royal Marine hovercraft on patrol, south Iraq.

A Royal Marine hovercraft patrol, south Iraq.

Royal Marine hovercraft on riverine patrol operations.