iraq

  1. Royal Marine Gazelle

    Royal Marine Gazelle

    A Royal Marine Gazelle light helicopter takes off.
  2. Royal Marine Attack

    Royal Marine Attack

    Royal Marines in combat, south Iraq.
  3. River Patrol

    River Patrol

    A British Royal Artillery patrol.
  4. HMS Ocean

    HMS Ocean

    The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool sails past the helicopter assault ship HMS Ocean. Note the zebra-camoflagued Sea King transport helicopters of quite probably the Commando Helicopter Force idle on the deck.
  5. RAF Regiment Lands

    RAF Regiment Lands

    Soldiers of the RAF Regiment emerge out of a Chinook transport helicopter.
  6. RAF Regiment Mortar

    RAF Regiment Mortar

    Soldiers of the RAF Regiment fire off a mortar flare.
  7. Supply Ferry

    Supply Ferry

    An RAF Chinook ferries supplies to Iraq.
  8. RAF Pumas

    RAF Pumas

    A pair of RAF Puma transport helicopters deliver the Chief of Defence Staff on a visit to Iraq.
  9. RAF Nimrods

    RAF Nimrods

    RAF Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft return from the Gulf.
  10. F3s Over desert

    F3s Over desert

    RAF F3 air defence fighters over the desert.
  11. Chopper Patrol

    Chopper Patrol

    An RAF helicopter patrol, south Iraq
  12. RAF Chinooks 2

    RAF Chinooks 2

    RAF Chinooks whip up dust clouds during training operations with 16 Air Assault Brigade.
  13. RAF Chinooks

    RAF Chinooks

    A line of RAF Chinooks takes off an undisclosed airstrip.
  14. Medevac

    Medevac

    Inside a Royal Marine helicopter during a medevac mission.
  15. Five Inch Friday 2

    Five Inch Friday 2

    HMS Richmond, a Royal Navy Duke-class frigate, bombards Iraq with its 4.5 inch armament at the start of the Iraq War. The circular coverings in the foreground beside the gun is a vertically-launched Seawolf SAM system.
  16. Sunset

    Sunset

    HMS Liverpool, a Type 42 destroyer, patrolling the Gulf at sunset.
  17. Five Inch Friday

    Five Inch Friday

    HMAS Anzac fires a salvo from it's five inch armament. The shore bombardment of the Al Faw Penisula by several warships of the Royal Navy/Royal Australian Navy at the start of the Iraq War was dubbed 'Five Inch Friday.'
  18. Last Mission

    Last Mission

    An Australian F-18 Hornet conducts the last operational mission of the Australian combat squadron deployed during the Iraq War.
  19. Canberra

    Canberra

    One of the last RAF Canberra reconnaissance aircraft sits idle on an Iraqi airstrip. After the end of major hostilities in the Iraq War, it was used in mapping activities.
  20. Camel

    Camel

    A U.S. M2 Bradley plows past an uninterested camel.
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