British Armed Forces

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Europe's largest defence contractor BAE Systems is wasting no time, assembling Europe's largest 2nd supercarrier HMS Prince of Wales

 

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Late last year.........
3,000 UK troops into Sierra Leone to set up military blockades to restrict movement

Chief of the General Staff General Sir Nick Carter heads review of UK response to disease
One suggestion is to use Royal Navy ships to patrol its coastal waters
Oxfam said lack of Western military personnel in West Africa puts lives at risk
Charity wants troops to deliver vital supplies and build treatment centres

Crew members of RFA Argus make last minute calls before they sail for Sierra Leone

HMS Tyne, a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy, patrols the Clyde coast off Gourock during Exercise Joint Warrior.

HMS Enterprise, one of two Echo-class hydrographic/oceanographic survey vessels of the Royal Navy, heads out at the start of Exercise Joint Warrior.

 

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 18, 2014). The British Royal Navy type 23 Duke Class Frigate, HMS Argyll (F231), sails alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a group sail exercise. Theodore Roosevelt is currently underway conducting training for future deployments.

 

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Warrior recovery vehicles and Challenger 2 main battle tanks sit side by side waiting to depart Germany for Exercise Black Eagle.

 

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United Kingdom Oversea Military Base, Gibraltar , Mediterranean sea.

Note on the subs back is a mini-sub or pod which can be launched under water to carry special forces and royal marine commandos to their destinations covertly.

 

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Royal air force at Akrotiri base.
E-3 AWAC

Tornado

Eurofighter

 

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Britain's naval military base in Gibraltar Mediterranean sea. Continued...

 

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RAF Atlas A400M

32 UK-funded pickup trucks to assist efforts to defeat Ebola in Sierra Leone have been loaded aboard RFA Argus during a planned stop in Gibraltar.

 

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Training exercise

 

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This diagram shows the current progress of 2nd 72,000 tons Queen Elizabeth class carrier "HMS Prince of Wales"

 

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@mike2000 is back keep the pics coming lad

i thought we retired those?

 

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NATO Summit, Wales, UK. My little daughter was part of the school children who welcomed Obama in wales last year.

 

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NATO Summit, Wales, UK.

 

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A Mastiff armoured vehicle onboard a RAF C17 waiting to be returned to the UK from Camp Bastion in July 2014. The Joint Movement Unit personnel take great care in loading their cargo onto the C17 in order not to cause damage to either the cargo or the aircraft itself.

Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon (Heavy) (FASGW(H)) and FASGW (Light) missiles will be integrated, tested and installed onto 28 Wildcat helicopters by 2020. Capable of targeting small boats, fast attack craft and targets on land, each airframe is able to carry up to twenty missiles.

Merlin helicopters from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose have been busy near their West Cornwall Base getting to grips with the launching of practice torpedoes.

Lightning shoots across the Afghan sky over troops and vehicles with The Highlanders, 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland (4SCOTS).

Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll is pictured berthed beside the MV Carnival Liberty cruise liner during a visit to Grand Turk in the Caribbean.

The A400M aircraft, when in RAF service, will be named ATLAS and the RAF will take delivery of its first of 22 aircraft in Autumn 2014 with deliveries expected to be complete by 2019.

 

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F-35 and Typhoon perform interoperability testing.