[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Operation Telic: Photos

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Video clips - force capabilities:

Commando helicopter operations	Mine-hunting operations	Type 42 Destroyer - weapon systems	Type 23 Frigate - weapon systems	Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
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	Air-to-Air Refuelling: VC-10 and Tornado

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HMS Ark Royal leaves Portsmouth at the head of Naval Task Group 03 (Click here for high resolution version)		HMS Liverpool, a Type 42 destroyer sailed from Portsmouth on 13 January 2003 (Click here for high resolution version)
Chinooks of 18 Squadron prepare to depart RAF Odiham (Click here for high resolution version)	The Chinooks flew south to join the helicopter air group aboard Ark Royal and Ocean in the Mediterranean (Click here for high resolution version)	Families and colleagues from the station saw them off (Click here for high resolution version)
Troops of 1st Bn Royal Irish Regiment practise air assault tactics at RAF Lyneham (Click here for high resolution version)	A range of infantry equipment (Click here for high resolution version)	A Challenger 2 of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards heads for the ranges at Hohne for pre-deployment training (Click here for high resolution version)
Men of 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment during pre-deployment training (Click here for high resolution version)	Men of 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment during pre-deployment training (Click here for high resolution version)	Men of 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment during pre-deployment training (Click here for high resolution version)
One of 3 Para's armed landrovers, working with an Army Air Corps Lynx (Click here for high resolution version)	A soldier from 17 Port & Maritime Regiment at work loading equipment aboard ships at Marchwood Military Port (Click here for high resolution version)	Two snipers from the 1st Bn The Light Infantry practising their skills (Click here for high resolution version)
Vehicles of 1st Bn The Royal Irish Regiment prepare to depart their barracks in Canterbury (Click here for high resolution version)	A corporal of The Queen's Royal Lancers packs a toolbox on a Challenger 2 during final preparations for deployment (Click here for high resolution version)	A mass of 7th Armoured Brigade vehicles awaiting loading aboard ships at Emden (Click here for high resolution version)
A Tornado GR4 at very low level during a practice attack run at RAF Marham, prior to deployment to the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)	The Tornado pulls hard away (Click here for high resolution version)	Inside an reconnaissance exploitation module; air-portable, the module allows rapid analysis of reconnaissance imagery (Click here for high resolution version)
A small selection of the air-to-surface ordnance which can be carried by RAF Tornado GR4s, including unguided and guided bombs, and anti-radar missiles (Click here for high resolution version)	A bombardier of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, with his desert-issue kit (Click here for high resolution version)	A colleague meanwhile reprays one of the Regiment's armoured vehicles - other vehicles will be repainted in the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)
A Chinook lifts one of the Royal Marines' BV206 vehicles in an en-route exercise at the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus (Click here for high resolution version)	A repainted Challenger 2 of 2nd Royal Tank Regiment is secured aboard a rail flatbed for the journey to Emden (Click here for high resolution version)	Vehicles are loaded aboard a roll-on roll-off ship at Emden for the voyage to the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)
An AS90 self-propelled gun of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery embarks at Emden (Click here for high resolution version)	A Warrior of the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers goes aboard a roll-on roll-off ship (Click here for high resolution version)	Sappers of 39 Engineer Regiment, preparing to deploy to the Gulf, pose with an Iraqi bulldozer tank captured in 1991 (Click here for high resolution version)
A Territorial Army Corporal from 225 Field Ambulance (Volunteers) bids his family farewell before leaving Dundee for service in the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)	A Territorial Army Sergeant loads his kit aboard a coach taking TA medics of 254 (City of Cambridge) Field Ambulance to the Reservist Training & Mobilisation Centre at Chilwell in Nottinghamshire, to prepare for service in the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)	One of the medics clutches the unit's mascot, kitted out in appropriate uniform (Click here for high resolution version)
Soldiers of 7 Armoured Brigade pass through check-in at Hanover airport on their way to the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)	The Defence Secretary during a visit to the Reserve Training and Mobilisation Centre at Chilwell (Click here for high resolution version)	Mr Hoon talks to a reservist while she undergoes a routine medical examination in preparation for deployment (Click here for high resolution version)
	Irish Guards pack their equipment in Germany prior to departure for the Gulf (Click here for high resolution version)

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