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  • With great concentration, Flight Lieutenant Dan Simmons and Squadron Leader David Thomas of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team, meticulously brief themselves for their forthcoming air display at the RAF College at Cranwell, Lincolnshire. The two pilots, dressed in their famous red flying suits, stand out from a small group of Ministry of Defence (MoD) drivers who stand around with time to spare, some looking skyward at other overhead aerobatics. The 'Synchro Pair' (Reds 6 and 7) are the two pilots whose aircraft make the most dynamic of the manoeuvres including a cross called the Opposition Barrel Roll where both pilots aim at each other at closing speeds of 760 mph.Since 1965 the Red Arrows have flown over 4,000 such shows in 52 countries.
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  • On a foggy Spring morning at RAF Scampton, in Lincolnshire, a yellow MoD airfield telephone stands alone in the mist. Scampton is the headquarters of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team who largely have the sole use of its air space. The ageing equipment is a push-button type and its colour matches the painted stripes on the damp, concreted ground. The gloomy mist is obscuring buildings and hangars in the background and flying has been cancelled so an eerie stillness has settled on the normally busy facility that would normally host up to six red Arrows sorties (flight) a winter's day. Communications with remote areas of the aerodrome is often necessary to alert the air traffic control tower. Only qualified personnel are to use this system, just as drivers must have undertaken an MoD vehicle course.  .
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  • A half-eaten bar of chocolate has been left on an armchair supplied by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is seen in a crew room at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Much of the facilities at RAF and MoD outposts are basic and spartan leaving small luxuries to be imported by visiting air and ground crew. In this case, the 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, are occupying this building while on their detachment to the British Mediterranean base while putting the finishing touches to their air display routines ready for PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'). After passing this test, they are then allowed by senior RAF officers to perform as a military aerobatic show in front of the public - following a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Until that day arrives, their training and practicing is done in the privacy of their own airfield at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, UK or here in the glare of Akrotiri. The pilots are called Reds and their ground crew, the Blues after their summer air show uniforms. Since 1965 the team has flown over 4,000 air shows in 52 countries.
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  • On a foggy Spring morning at RAF Scampton, in Lincolnshire, an ageing Mod airfield fire extinguisher alone in the mist. Scampton is the headquarters of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team who largely have the sole use of its air space. The ageing equipment is a push-button type and its colour matches the painted stripes on the damp, concreted ground. The gloomy mist is obscuring buildings and hangars in the background and flying has been cancelled so an eerie stillness has settled on the normally busy facility that would normally host up to six red Arrows sorties (flight) a winter's day. Only qualified personnel are to use this system, just as drivers must have undertaken an MoD vehicle course.  .
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  • Perimeter fence and Mod sign at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • Members of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team enjoy go-karting on MoD land at RAF Akrotiri.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, consult technical information on Mod computers.
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  • Two pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team in discussion in MoD corridor at RAF Akrotiri.
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  • Flight Lieutenants Steve Underwood and Anthony Parkinson and Wing Commander Bill Ramsey of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, discuss logistics beneath the emblems of long-disbanded fighter squadrons which decorate the squadron building at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. They sit in faded pink armchairs supplied by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that are seen in many RAF stations and airfields with the same drab blue paint on the walls. Painted by hand are circular badges  with bold colours (colors) and illustrations of birds of prey, fighter-jets, swords and shields which all symbolise  warfare. The three pilots are relaxed wearing their red flying suits with their sunglasses dangling in the regulation loop, they are holding a bottle of mineral water and a coffee cup.
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  • Flight Lieutenant Simon Stevens, a pilot in the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, makes a pre-flight check of his Hawk jet aircraft before a practice flight at RAF Scampton. Stevens and his fellow-aviators fly up to 6 times in winter training, learning new manoeuvres. The dangers of high-speed close formation flight makes health and safety precuations vital; the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Royal Air Force take working environments of their personnel seriously so pre-flight examination of aircraft happens before every sortie (flight). Performing the brief safety walk-around, Stevens bends at the waste to avoid the aeroplane's low aileron despite wearing a helmet, full flying suit, boots, life-vest and anti-g-pants. Flying still continues despite rainclouds in the gloomy Lincolnshire sky.
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  • British Army soldiers gather outside the hospitality chalet of aerospace manufacturer Thales. Standing in mid-day sun, the troops are dressed in ISAF desert uniform, alongside a company-built Watchkkeper an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Watchkeeper WK450 is a £800 million contract awarded in July 2005 to Thales to provide the British Army with  or all weather, Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) use. It has a weight of 450 kg and a payload capacity of 150 kg, and will have a typical endurance of 17 hours. The MoD's newest and most sophisticated surveillance and targeting drone, the Watchkeeper, is undergoing trials at Aberporth in west Wales. While the arguments over America's policy of "assassination by drone" rage across Pakistan and Afghanistan, fuelling public concern over the cold-eyed automation of warfare, the future of UAVs is quietly taking shape here on the Welsh coast, where there is daily proof that UAVs and manned aircraft can co-exist in British airspace.
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  • Using a map of the middle-eastern Gulf region, Major General Alex Harley, Director of Operations during the Gulf War, briefs the media at the Ministery of Defence, on 10th August 1990, in London, England. General Sir Alexander George Hamilton Harley, KBE, CB (born 1941) is now a retired British Army officer and former Adjutant-General to the Forces.
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  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team perform training display over the skies above their Lincolnshire home.
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  • Pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team climb the steps in the Squadron Building's crew room at RAF Akrotiri.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence, opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence, opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence, opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence, opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence, opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence, opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence, opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overnight, Ukrainians protest outside the UK's Ministry of Defence and near the statue of WW2 Field Marshal Montgomery (aka 'Monty'), opposite Downing Street, on 24th February 2022, in London, England.
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  • A British Army Gurkha recruit stands to attention during a barracks inspection at the Gurkha Regiment's training centre at Church Crookham, on 16th January 1996, in England UK. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in Nepal's Himalayan foothills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. Only 160 are recruited with training continuing at this barracks until joining various units within the army. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • Royal Navy sailors line the deck of the frigate HMS Monmouth (F235), on 23rd August 2001, near Portsmouth, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, guardsmen march up steps between the Foreign Office and the Churchill's War Rooms, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, guardsmen march up steps between the Foreign Office and the Churchill's War Rooms, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, a senior officer shows his pass to enter Horseguards, next to the memorial to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, two officers walk past playing boys, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, a serviceman holds his child next to the memorial to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, a serviceman holds his child next to the memorial to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, Colonel Augusto D Dela Pena (left) and Lt. Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr. (right) of the Phillipines Air Force (PAF) leave Horseguards, passing the London memorial to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, Colonel Augusto D Dela Pena (left) and Lt. Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr. (right) of the Phillipines Air Force (PAF) leave Horseguards, passing the London memorial to those killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and following a flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, a patriotic man wearing a Union Jack suit and carrying a flag walks down the Mall, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and before an historic flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, the public watch a march past of service personnel, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and before an historic flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, a guard of the RAF regiment lines the Mall, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and before an historic flypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britain's air defence history which flew over central London, the public watch a march past of service personnel, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • With his back to the Ministry of Defence main building in Whitehall, an elderly gentleman protests about war not welfare in Whitehall before Saudi Crown Prince's Mohammed bin Salman's meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May in Downing Street, on 7th March 2018, in London England.
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  • A red warning flag flies on the perimeter during military live firing at Otterburn Ranges, on 28th September 2017, in Otterburn, Northumberland, England. Twenty-three per cent of Northumberland National Park is owned by the Ministry of Defence and used as a military training area though they encourage as much access to the area as possible. Sometimes areas are cordoned off from the public for military exercises. Visitors are welcome outside of live firing times if no red flags are displayed. When military exercises are happening, red flags around the boundaries indicate restricted access. Visitors are told not to pick up, kick or remove any object and not to stray off the public rights of way or tarmac roads.
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  • A Royal Air Force Puma troop-carrying helicopter lands in Ruskin Park in the south London borough of Lambeth. It is believed that the RAF use various public spaces as part of emergency landing/evacuation location familiarisation in readiness of a future national emergency.
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  • Protesters in Whitehall demonstate against the three-day visit to the UK by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sikhs rest during the event beneath the statue of Field Marshal, the Viscount Alan Brooke outside the Ministry of Defence building.
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  • A detail of a Welsh Guard's red tunic uniform including a medal for service in Northern Ireland. Polished button and a faultlessly clean surface proves the high standards expected by this famous British army regiment. The Welsh Guards (Gwarchodlu Cymreig) part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. The Welsh Guards came into existence on 26 February 1915 by Royal Warrant of His Majesty King George V in order to include Wales in the national component to the Foot Guards.
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  • Empty countryside landscape at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • Natural landscape of grass-covered missile silos at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
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  • Formally-dressed gentlemen donate coins to soldiers from the Coldstream Guards (from nearby Windsor barracks and deploying to Afghanistan later this year) <br />
during the annual Royal Ascot horseracing festival in Berkshire, England. Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711. Queen Elizabeth and various members of the British Royal Family attend. Held every June, it's one of the main dates on the English sporting calendar and summer social season. Over 300,000 people make the annual visit to Berkshire during Royal Ascot week, making this Europe's best-attended race meeting with over £3m prize money to be won.
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  • A Chief Petty Officer near the Navy's Ensign flag on the hangar deck during a tour by the general public on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • The ship's bell on the top deck on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. Illustrious is the second of three Invincible-class light aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and is affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty". She is the oldest ship in the Royal Navy's active fleet , expected  to be  withdrawn from service in 2014 (after 32 years' service).
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  • Locked doors on the top deck on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. Illustrious is the second of three Invincible-class light aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and is affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty". She is the oldest ship in the Royal Navy's active fleet , expected  to be  withdrawn from service in 2014 (after 32 years' service).
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  • Members of Royal Marines Commandos demonstrate various weaponry to small children and young adults  during a public open-day in Greenwich, London during which the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • Members of Royal Marines Commandos demonstrate various weaponry to small children and young adults  during a public open-day in Greenwich, London during which the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • As families queue in the grounds of the Naval College, Greenwich, children play beneath a giant inflatable figure of a Royal Navy sailor. During a public open-day in Greenwich, London when the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • As families queue in the grounds of the Naval College, Greenwich, children play beneath a giant inflatable figure of a Royal Navy sailor. During a public open-day in Greenwich, London when the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • The Olympic rings on a banner outside Horse Guards where a soldier from the Household Cavalry sits motionless on his horse during the London 2012 Olympics. Wrought iron railings are seen behind the banner at the sports venue hosting the volleyball in the centre of Westminster where governmental offices are located. The British Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
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  • A soldier of the Royal Artillery regiment in the British army helps tourists while standing guard the entrance to  the volleyball venue in central London next to the IOC rings logo on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A total of 18,000 defence personel were called upon to make the Games secure following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
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  • A portrait of a Lance Corporal in the Rifles regiment of the British army next to the Olympic rings logo before the start of the canoe slalom heats at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, north east London, on day 3 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. A total of 18,000 defence personel were called upon to make the Games secure following the failure by security contractor G4S to provide enough private guards. The extra personnel have been drafted in amid continuing fears that the private security contractor's handling of the £284m contract remains a risk to the Games.
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  • A soldier from the British Royal Artillery guards a 12ft Fire Shadow missile on manufacturer MBDA's trade stand at the Farnborough airshow. The so-called lurker bomb is designed to loiter above a battlefield for up to 6 hours before attacking stationary or mobile targets and also able to shadow British troops for up to ten hours or 100 miles, ready to take out enemy targets with surgical precision at a minute's notice..
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  • Two pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team enjoy a moment of release during a stressful display season.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team handshakes his dedicated engineer at the end of display season.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team dresses for formal reception during airshow weekend in Jersey.
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  • New first year pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team discuss new manoeuvres at RAF Scampton.
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  • Ground commentator of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team waves farewell after their public airshow display.
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  • Towing bars on the ground in the hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Squadron Leader Spike Jepson, leader of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team instructs new manoeuvres to his team.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team answers questions to local tv station, having left his cup of tea.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, await pilots to sign flight manuals before  flight
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  • Local firefighters learn about the Hawk jet belonging to a Hawk jet in the hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • BAE System Hawks of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team and airfield mist landscape.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team with flight planning duties gazes for a moment out of the window.
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  • Engineer ground staff perform scheduled maintenance to a Hawk jet in the hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, perform scheduled maintenance on Hawk equipment.
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  • Ground staff sweeping the near-empty hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team endure a post-flight de-brief in the squadron crew room at RAF Scampton.
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  • Pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team endure a post-flight de-brief in the squadron crew room at RAF Scampton.
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  • Red flying suit belonging the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, hanging near another Squadron's cock emblem
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  • Empty crew briefing room belonging to the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team after a day's training flights.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, during turnarounds of training flights.
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  • Pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice ditching in the cold sea during exercise.
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  • Hawk jet and spares in the hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team smiles politely during conversations with corporate guests.
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  • Pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team ready themselves before another training sortie.
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  • Young air cadets watch returning pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team during visit to RAF Scampton.
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  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team perform training display over the skies above their Lincolnshire home.
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  • Trays of spilled dye derv he hangar that makes the coloured smoke of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Flight spares ready for shipping to Cyprus in the hangar of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Drying blue overalls belonging to engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Official publicity portrait for the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team in mid-day glare at RAF Akrotiri.
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  • Official publicity portrait for the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team in mid-day glare at RAF Akrotiri.
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  • Ground commentator pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team broadcasts the 30-min display during airshow.
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  • Pilots of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team in the Squadron Building's crew room at RAF Akrotiri.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team performs a pre-flight check before training flight.
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  • Engineering room and old Gnat jet of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team.
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  • Hawk jets of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team practice their display using an old ship wreck as display datum (centre). The wreck is the MV Achaios. Built in 1932, it was on a voyage from Yugoslavia to Jeddah in 1976 with a cargo of timber. She ran aground in a storm at Akrotiri Peninsula, but no lives were lost.
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  • Engineering ground staff of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, makes repairs to a BAE Systems Hawk nosewheel.
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  • Young Nepali boys do a leadership initiative test in Pokhara  camp, hoping to be recruited for the Gurkha Regiment in the British army. This is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. For example, they will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Young Nepali boys watch how to perform sit-ups in Himalayas, hoping to be recruited for the Gurkha Regiment in the British army. This is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A boy soldier has collapsed on the ground suffering from fatigue and dehydration on a rigorous march conducted as a squad of soldier recruits, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a bergen (back pack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. Two senior trainers haul the buy up who fell under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • Crew room classroom of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team at their RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire headquarters. Using two scaled model Hawk jet aircraft he shows how their formation is to be flown on their next training flight. Five autumn and winter months are spent teaching new recruits manual aerobatic display flying while the older members (who rotate positions) learn new disciplines within the routine. Their leaning curve is steep, even for these accomplished fast-jet aviators who had already accumulated 1,500 hours in fighters. By Summer they need every aspect of their 25-minute displays honed to perfection. In this meeting room they meet before and after every flight discussing safety, merits and failures.
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  • Seen from the cockpit of another Hawk of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team before an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
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  • RAF creman watches through open door of Sea King helicopter.
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  • Squadron Leader Dave Thomas of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team plays golf while off-duty in Jersey
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  • Blue and red dye stains on the 'line' at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, home base of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. The spilled dye provides the team with their distinctive red, white and blue smoke (a vegetable dye and diesel fuel mixture) during their air show display routines. While on the ground, this non-toxic derv/vegetable dye is injected into a vacuum under pressure into the jets' modified belly-pod which in varying amounts of concentrate, gives off a smoke via three nozzles that point down into the jet's efflux, the exhaust that exits the jet pipe at 500°C. For a display, the pods hold enough dye for 5 minutes of white smoke, 1 of blue and 1 of red while the Synchro pair uses slightly more. 7,200 gallons of dye during the entire 2004 season and since 1965 they have flown over 4,000 such shows in 52 countries.
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