WHAT a sight, 3 @RoyalAirForce photogs captured ZZ336, Vespina, out of @RAFBrizeNorton flying its 1st refuelling sortie, fuelling @RAF_Marham F-35's operating from @HMSQNLZ, @RAFLossiemouth Typhoons from 1 & @IXBSqn. Finally an @RAF_Leeming 100 Sqn Hawk flying as the photo whip📸
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- How's this for a flypast? The world famous @RoyalAirForce @rafredarrows flying alongside G-BYGC, a specially painted BOAC liveried @British_Airways 747, performing a stunning pass over the crowds at the @airtattoo #awesome
00:00 - 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 your WINNER. A @RoyalAirForce @AirbusDefence A400M of @70SqnA400M, @RAFBrizeNorton coming into land during a rather picturesque sunset as captured by Mr Andrew Lewis. A stunning shot and worthy winner. Thank you to @CanonUKandIE for sponsoring the competition
- 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? ✈️
00:00 - 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🇬🇧🇫🇷
- 3 @RoyalAirForce photogs, 3 vantage points as a flypast by the @rafredarrows, Typhoons, @BoeingDefense Chinook, Pumas, @AirTanker Voyager & a @BAESystemsAir 146 marked the Queens birthday
- Two @RoyalAirForce Photogs were aboard the @Airbus @AirTanker from @RAFBrizeNorton as the @LockheedMartin @thef35 completed it's first exercise alongside a @usairforce F-15E from 48th FW, @RAFLakenheath1 & an @Armee_de_lair Dassault Rafale
- 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










































