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An RAF Tornado GR4 taxies from a shelter at an airbase in the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)	A GR4a, the reconnaissance variant of the Tornado, is prepared for a sortie (Click here for high resolution version)	An RAF Tristar refuels a US Navy Prowler electronic warfare aircraft (Click here for high resolution version)
A Chinook passes over a US camp (Click here for high resolution version)	An RAF Puma comes into land (Click here for high resolution version)	Gunners of the RAF Regiment provide security around the airfields (Click here for high resolution version)
The Defence Secretary talks with RAF personnel during his visit to the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)	The Defence Secretary with Air Marshal Burridge in Qatar (Click here for high resolution version)	Geoff Hoon and General Tommy Franks, US commander of CENTCOM (Click here for high resolution version)
Four RAF Tornado F3 interceptors prepare for a sortie (Click here for high resolution version)	Two F3s take off (Click here for high resolution version)	The view from an RAF Puma over the desert (Click here for high resolution version)
An F3 refuels from a USAF tanker (Click here for high resolution version)	An RAF Tristar refuels a US Navy Prowler electronic warfare aircraft (Click here for high resolution version)	RAF jets take their turn to refuel from the Tristar (Click here for high resolution version)
A pair of RAF Chinooks, conducting exercises with troops of 16 Air Assault Brigade (Click here for high resolution version)
A Tornado GR4 is prepared for a night training sortie (Click here for high resolution version)		The Tornado's pilot, a pair of Night Vision Goggles mounted on his helmet (Click here for high resolution version)
A pair of Pumas deliver the Chief of the Defence Staff to an airbase during his visit to personnel in the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)		Admiral Sir Michael Boyce is briefed by RAF officers in a building still showing the scars of the conflict in 1991 (Click here for high resolution version)
A Harrier GR7 taxies at a Gulf base (Click here for high resolution version)	Ground crew at work on a Harrier cockpit (Click here for high resolution version)	A GR7 is prepared for a training sortie (Click here for high resolution version)
An RAF Sentry Airborne Early Warning aircraft deployed in the Middle East (Click here for high resolution version)	The Sentry is prepared for flight (Click here for high resolution version)	RAF personnel from the Tactical Medical Wing erect a tent for a DRASH - the Deployable Rapid Assembly Surgical Hospital. Just six personnel can set up a DRASH in fifteen minutes (Click here for high resolution version)
The view from the rear door gunner's position on a Chinook of a sister aircraft close behind (Click here for high resolution version)		Men of the RAF's 5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron dig in during an exercise (Click here for high resolution version)
Armament technicians at work on a batch of Sidewinder missiles (Click here for high resolution version)	A Land Rover of Tactical Supply Wing prepares for deployment into the field (Click here for high resolution version)	A Harrier GR7 taxies out for a sortie (Click here for high resolution version)
Vehicles of 51 Squadron RAF Regiment are readied for a move (Click here for high resolution version)	A combined team of RAF Regiment gunners and US Marines dig in (Click here for high resolution version)
Tactical Communications Wing provides satellite communications support to RAF detachments (Click here for high resolution version)		Members of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force are fulfilling key support roles in theatre, such as ensuring airfield security (Click here for high resolution version)
A wide range of military transport aircraft are involved in the operation: the photo above shows an HS-125, C-130J and C-17 of the RAF, alongside a USAF C-5 (Click here for high resolution version)	An RAF Policeman and a US airman mount a security patrol near an RAF Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft (Click here for high resolution version)	A pair of Tornado F3s over the desert (Click here for high resolution version)
Intensive operations by RAF Chinooks (Click here for high resolution version)
The sun rises over a pair of RAF Sentry airborne early warning aircraft (Click here for high resolution version)		Work goes on around RAF Tornados amidst a lightning storm (Click here for high resolution version)
A pair of Tornado F3s on patrol (Click here for high resolution version)	A Tornado F3 resting overnight (Click here for high resolution version)	A Puma helicopter on a night training sortie, seen through night vision goggles (Click here for high resolution version)

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