A massive team of
@RoyalAirForce
photogs worked together to document Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee flypast over Buckingham Palace
Along with documenting the flypast itself, photographers also captured aircraft being prepared and recovering to their respective units
What a spectacular way to say goodbye to the Royal Air Force Tornado GR4. with Diamond 9 ship formation
Phots from across the RAF, worked together to capture this emotional and momentous occasion.
Enjoy the imagery, and a final farewell to the FIN.
Here’s something to clear those Monday blues, a
@RoyalAirForce
photog popped by
@RafFairford
to catch the B2 Spirit of
@Whiteman_AFB
coming into land an hour ago... stunning much? ✈️
Phots from the
@rafredarrows
&
@JADTEUPhotog
capturing the world famous team flying alongside the
@PAFofficiel
as they conducted flypasts in London & Paris in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of a speech by Charles de Gaulle, Leader of the Free French Forces.
#18juin1940
🇬🇧🇫🇷
No
@RoyalAirForce
is complete without the
@rafredarrows
section entry, the team of photogs has put together these six images which will go forward to the comp, brought to us by the
@RAFAssociation
, but which image is your favourite?
Next up we have this stunning image of the
@rafredarrows
captured by
@RoyalAirForce
photog Sgt Hughes of
@RAFAkrotiri
She was flying in an 84 Sqn Griffin helo as the iconic aerobatics team wound their way off of the 10 threshold at Aki
A truly stunning image
How Cold? 🥶
A frosty start at
@RAF_Marham
on the units dispersals with a frosty wake-up call for the Lightning fleet
Not as easy as getting an old Blockbuster card out of your wallet to scrape the ice off of these canopies, instead we use a mixture of propylene glycol & water
Images not from
@RoyalAirForce
photogs, but our
@RoyalNavy
colleagues, LPhots Shepherd & Heller, of the
@LockheedMartin
@thef35
flown by Naval & Air Force pilots landing, lifting & hovering from the
@HMSQNLZ
decks as the aircraft takes part in operational trials off the US coast
Some incredible imagery from our photographer currently deployed in support of HMS Prince of Wales as part of exercise Steadfast Defender, the largest
@NATO
exercise since the Cold War.
@RoyalAirForce
A quick image from yesterday's
@AirbusDefence
Voyager tanking serial during the
@tornadohq
's Final Farewell Tour. Starting at
@RAFMarhamMedia
the three-ship have, and will be, travelling the length and width of the UK as the type retires next month.
#FarewellTornado
Typhoons welcome Knighthawks to the UK
Two
@RoyalAirForce
photogs captured the moment 4
@usairforce
B-52H's out of
@TeamMinot
arrived in the UK signifying the start of their Bomber Task Force Mission
They were welcomed to the UK by a pair of
@RAFConingsby
based Typhoons
Happy retirement day for the trusty
@RoyalAirForce
Panavia Tornado GR4. The final ever Sqn photos at
@RAFMarhamMedia
with
@31SqnOC
& IX(B) Sqn as they both look to re-roll. 31 as a Protector Sqn & IX(B) flying the Typhoon from 0931Z tomorrow up at
@RAFLossiemouth
In London, a special tribute on
#ArmedForcesDay2021
has taken over the iconic billboards of Piccadilly Circus.
The screens showed moving portraits of personnel including this captured by our
@RoyalAirForce
photogs currently deployed in support of Operation Biloxi.
Today is the day we finally say goodbye to the
@RoyalAirForce
Panavia
@tornadohq
:( a singleton will be doing a final flight over
@RAFMarhamMedia
with a retirement parade beneath it, and then the jets wheels will touch down for the last time under RAF colours, Farewell to the FIN
Our photographer captured the paratroopers of
@16AirAssltBCT
jumping over Normandy as part of the D-Day commemorations today
Jumping over Sannerville, 16x, alongside members of 47 Squadron, took part in a D-Day service at the Ranville War Cemetary
Today we marked the 79th Anniversary of D-Day, the Air Mobility Force took to the skies across Normandy to mark this momentous occasion. Atlas, C130, and Envoy, along with Airborne Delivery Wing personnel all played their part to ensure we honoured those who fought.
#Normandy79
The
#FINale
is over. A stunning way to say goodbye to this aircraft. GR4's from
@RAFMarhamMedia
travelled as far North as RAF Tain, & as far down as Boscombe. Phots from Marham,
@RAF_Leeming
@rafredarrows
&
@RAFHalton
along with many more captured some amazing images of the event
Here it is, the
@RoyalAirForce
Image of the Year. It's been a year of stunning images and videos and we finish with the world famous
@rafredarrows
stealing the show as they flew over
@HIAQatar
during their Eastern Hawk tour. A truly amazing image and a worthy winner
#WINNER
Safe to say
@TomCruise
a little star struck meeting our very owns AS(1) Drewett at the
@airtattoo
Here after capturing the iconic
@rafredarrows
conducting a flypast with VESPINA & Maverick couldn't resist the chance to shake her hand
That's the story & we are sticking by it 😅
Do you need a reason?
Some spectacular imagery of the
@RoyalAirForce
@RAFBBMF
Dakota, Lancaster and that beautiful 'Night Intruder' liveried Hurricane that all call
@RAFConingsby
home
All captured by Sgt Taylor of
@RAF_Cosford
XMas has come early for the
@48FighterWing
as they welcome their new
@LockheedMartin
F-35As forming the 495th 'Valkyries' Fighter Sq
Here's a throwback to
@RoyalAirForce
F-35B's with
@USMC
jets flying a similar route as we welcome the A's of the 495th to the UK
🇬🇧🇺🇸
Watch your trackers as ZJ694, the
@RoyalAirForce
,
@bombardierjets
, Sentinel R1, returns home to
@RAFWaddington
on its final EVER operational sortie.
A short career, but a vital aircraft that has done all expected of it and more...
In the lead up to yesterdays flypast over Buckingham Palace, the Atlas C.1 (A400M) & Globemaster (C17) conducted a number of practices & a Royal flypast over
@RAFBrizeNorton
before June 2nd arrived
The A400M was flown by
@70SqnA400M
&
@30SqnRAF
pilots, the C17 by
@99Sqn
crews
That's week one of Cobra Warrior in the books over at
@RAFWaddington
Aircraft & supporting personnel have been working hard on this first week as they have been introduced to the world of CW
Aircraft on show include the
@BeAirForce
F-16's of the 349th Fighter Sqn 🇧🇪
2 of the 6
@RoyalAirForce
@thef35
's that left
@RAFAkrotiri
, after Ex LIGHTNING DAWN, will remain in Italy, to conduct an exercise flying alongside their counterparts in the
@ItalianAirForce
. The other jets landed safely in
@RAF_Marham
after proving that the F-35B is ready for Ops
The
@cosfordairshow
is back after a 3-year hiatus due to CV-19 & it was amazing capturing some of the arrivals into
@RAF_Cosford
earlier
Working with Ironbird photo & flying in the Cessna 208 Caravan G-EELS of
@Aerotiques
, a
@RoyalAirForce
photog captured a number of aircraft
RAF Photographers thoughts today rest with the
@CFSnowbirds
who have lost a much loved member of their team, Capt Casey, who worked alongside our very own team of
@rafredarrows
photographers during the teams tour of the USA & Canada... RIP 😢🇨🇦
Some striking imagery from one of our newest photogs, deployed in support of
@HMSQNLZ
as part of Op Achillean
Op Achillean is a proof-of-concept deployment of
@NATO
's 5th generation maritime strike capability, comprising of F35 carrier strike, Merlin and Wildcat helicopters.
.
@RoyalAirForce
photogs at
@RAFConingsby
have spent the past 2 days capturing images of the newly painted
@RAFTyphoonTeam
,
@eurofighter
Typhoon ✈️
'ANARCHY 1' sports a black livery, adorned with the Union Jack
She will wow crowds across the UK during the 2021 display season 📸
LAC Lewis of the
@RAFConingsby
photo section captured Mk LFIXe Spitfire MK356 & Mk IIc Hurricane LF363 of the
@RAFBBMF
flying to recognise Colonel Tom Moore's 100th birthday and his amazing fund-raising for the
@NHSuk
, which sits at over £30million. Happy Birthday Tom & Thank You
𝗡𝗼 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝗯
SAC Hamilton Palmer had his first experience of air to air photography as he ramp rode on an
@RAF_Odiham
Chinook as part of the joint Odiham,
@RAFBenson
Jubilee Flypast Practice last week
Who wants to see more from the
@tornadohq
? I know silly question, here's 3 from Cpl Scott of
@RAF_Leeming
of the IX(B) Squadron Tornado on the final leg of the FINale up to
@RAFLossiemouth
before returning home to Gotham... aka
@RAFMarhamMedia
Some more of the images from last Monday's sortie with 47 Squadron's,
@LockheedMartin
Hercules, flying out of
@RAFBrizeNorton
to complete a training sortie as the sun was setting to the left of the two aircraft...
Some imagery from the Circus today 🎪
By that I mean Circus 10, the
@rafredarrows
Photo Whip, which for the King's Coronation 👑 Flypast was Cpl Dye (
@PhilipJDye
)
Images from our deployed photographer of two
@RoyalAirForce
,
@eurofighter
Typhoons based at RAF Akrotiri conducting overwatch across the Middle-East as part of our commitment to the degradation and eventual defeat of Daesh 💪
Anyone for another 4 of the
@RoyalAirForce
@tornadohq
? How about ones from two decades ago as 617 and 12 Sqn jets were flying around the Orkney Islands... images by Rick Brewell... tag your shots with
#TonkaTribute
We can reveal the winners of our photo comp sponsored by
@CanonUKandIE
. There were over 400 images entered so to judge a winner was extremely difficult. Starting with 3rd place we have this from Mr Savage. A Spitfire taking off out of
@RAFCGY
banking through the broken cloud
Some amazing imagery out of
@RAFWaddington
as participants flying in support of Exercise Cobra Warrior 23-2 have been flying in and out of the Lincolnshire base.
Today we commemorate one of the most decisive days in British History, Battle of Britain Day 🇬🇧 ✈️
80 years ago the Luftwaffe launched its most concentrated attack on London with the hope of defeating the
@RoyalAirForce
.
The resolve of our
@RAFBBMF
pilots persevered that day.
An all female C-130J crew departed
@RAFBrizeNorton
to conduct a fly past over
@wembleystadium
today as the
@Lionesses
kicked off below
@RoyalAirForce
photog AS(1) Samantha Holden was also on-board documenting the flypast
Good luck Lionesses, we are all behind you…
We are finally back. Sadly away for the past month due to a Twitter auto-suspension.
So here's imagery Twitter has missed out on this month...
Imagery from
@RAFBrizeNorton
and our deployed photog with
@12Sqn
@AirbusDefence
@AirTanker
Vespina & that lovely
@Armee_de_lair
A400M
This week our deployed
@RoyalAirForce
photog had the chance to fly with the
@BellFlight
Griffin HAR 2, of Number 84 Sqn, with a wave of aircraft departing out of
@RAFAkrotiri
below it
Akrotiri is a very busy Permanent Joint Operating Base that supports ongoing ops in the region
To the
@FalklandsGov
today, as Sgt Holmes has been capturing the
@AirbusDefence
@AirTanker
Voyager sitting on the pan during a blizzard, along with landscapes of the local islands, a 1435
@BAESystemsAir
Typhoon during a refuelling sortie & the A400M cockpit at sunset...
Aircraft from across the three Services took to the skies above Buckingham Palace today with a flypast to mark The King’s birthday
As ever we had photogs here there & everywhere documenting the flypast, and notably the final ever mission for the venerable Hercules
Some lovely images of
@HurricaneR4118
which is the ONLY airworthy survivor of the Battle of Britain.
Transferred to the
@RoyalAirForce
80 years and 2 days ago, it was ready to fly as part of the ‘Hardest Day’.
She was captured by the team at
@RAF_Cosford
yesterday...
Cpl Laurence has spent time at
@fallon_nas
capturing the plethora of jets operating there
Fallon is the
@USNavy
's premier air-to-air and air-to ground training facility
It is home to the Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) & the surrounding 240,000 acres of warfare ranges
Capturing video & stills, one of our specialists based out of
@RAF_Marham
recently deployed on Exercise Northern Edge alongside the F-35's of Number
@OC617Sqn
"The Dambusters" Squadron
200 aircraft & 10,000 personnel from the UK, US & Australia took part in the biennial exercise
BIGGER IS BETTER. The imposing outlines of a
@RoyalAirForce
@BoeingDefense
@RAF_Odiham
Chinook could be seen over the skies of Arizona during a sortie. Alongside it the
@usmc
& imposing CH-53 Sea Stallions. Making for some epic images captured by photographers of the
@PhotoACSSU