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Flying over the British countryside.

Griffin flying over Cloud.

Griffin near RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

Griffin above the countryside near RAF Shawbury, Shropshire.

Griffin flying above RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

Griffin flying around RAF Shawbury, Shropshire

A Royal Air Force Hawk flying over RAF Fairford.

A British RAF Chinook gunner on operations over Afghanistan

A British Air Loadmaster looking out the back of his chopper.

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.