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*Video clips from military camera teams*
RAF video clips of operations can be found here

	An RAF Regiment patrol fires an illuminating round during a security patrol at an airbase (Click here for high resolution version)
A Harrier GR7 is prepared for a night sortie (Click here for high resolution version)	An RAF Storm Shadow missile is unpacked in preparation for its operational debut on the night of 21/22 March (Click here for high resolution version)	A fully loaded Harrier (Click here for high resolution version)
Maverick missiles are prepared before being loaded aboard a Harrier (Click here for high resolution version)		A gunner of the RAF Regiment on guard duty at an airbase (Click here for high resolution version)
A Tornado F3 refuels from a USAF KC-10 at night (Click here for high resolution version)	An F3 on patrol as the sun rises (Click here for high resolution version)	US Navy aircraft, such as this FA-18, also refuel from the RAF tankers (Click here for high resolution version)
617 Squadron - the famous "Dambusters" - celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their formation (Click here for high resolution version)		A Tornado GR4, laden with a pair of the RAF's new Storm Shadow stand-off missiles, is prepared for a sortie (Click here for high resolution version)
A GR7 ready for action (Click here for high resolution version)	Technicians work through the sand storms that raged on 26 March to change an engine on a VC-10 (Click here for high resolution version)	F3s, also caught in the sand storm (Click here for high resolution version)
A Tornado GR4 is rearmed for a night operation (Click here for high resolution version)	Ready to go (Click here for high resolution version)	The aircraft are marshalled out for another mission (Click here for high resolution version)
A Tornado crew conduct pre-flight checks on a Storm Shadow (Click here for high resolution version)	Security demands constant patrols by the RAF Regiment (Click here for high resolution version)	An armourer at work on an ALARM anti-radar missile, another key weapon (Click here for high resolution version)
RAF Tornado F3s escort a USAF B-1B bomber as it refuels from a KC-10 (Click here for high resolution version)	A USAF KC-135 refuels an RAF F3 (Click here for high resolution version)	Tornado F3 fighters refuel from an RAF VC-10 (Click here for high resolution version)
A Tornado GR4 prepares for a night operation (Click here for high resolution version)	A Harrier GR7 from 3 Squadron returns from operation, clocking up 1,000 hours for the Squadron on Op Telic (Click here for high resolution version)	The covers are removed from an ASRAAM missile before an F3 sortie (Click here for high resolution version)
US and RAF versions of the E-3 early warning aircraft sit together at a Gulf airbase (Click here for high resolution version)	Pre-flight checks aboard an RAF E-3D Sentry (Click here for high resolution version)	A Sentry taxies out for another surveillance mission over Iraq (Click here for high resolution version)

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