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The RAF Detachment assigned to Basra International Airport. The aircraft dominating the picture is a Hercules transport aircraft, flanked by British armoured land rovers.

A British Sea King troop helicopter takes off beside a soldier manning a vehicle checkpoint in Iraq.

A British unit poses in front of the Union Jack. Note the captured Iraqi weapons being handled.

A British Challenger 2 Tank advances under a passing U.S. Marine Corps Cobra gunship.

An Iraqi cyclist examines a British Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank in Basra.

A British sniper covers an assault, south Iraq.

A British Saxon APC patrols Basra, South Iraq.

U.S. Marines attack Umm Qasr, south Iraq, supported by British artillery.

A pair of British Signalmen in Iraq.

British reconnaissance troops cross a bridge in Iraq.

A British armoured unit patrols a bridge in Basra, Iraq.

An armoured British Army patrol in South Iraq.

A British Army paratroopers man a moratr in action.

An Australian naval Sea King helicopter overflies a Royal Navy minesweeper off the coast of Iraq.

A British unit of WMIK armoured vehicles practice on their armament.

A British Lynx heliopter overflies destroyed Iraqi armour.

A pair of British Army soldiers man an anti-tank guided missile launcher.

A British Lynx helicopter in Iraq, probably from the 3rd Regiment Army Air Corps.

Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) , of 1 Royal Anglian, with the SA80 A2. Service personnel drawn from across the Armed Forces have taken part in a gruelling military exercise in the deserts of Southern Oman. The exercise, conducted by the Army s Infantry Trials and Development Unit, was laid on to...

The British Army's assault rifle. The SA-80 A2. Crown Copyright.