2018 In Pictures: Preserve Prevent and Protect

In 2018 the UK’s Armed Forces deployed to all corners of the globe preserving peace, preventing conflict and protecting our people at home and abroad.

These pictures highlight the best our Armed Forces have to offer while they continue to make Britain great wherever they are deployed.

F35 test jets land on HMS Queen Elizabeth during night flying trials in the Unites States. HMS Queen Elizabeth is the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier.

A member of the 2nd Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), is seen here engaging with local Kenyan children in accident prevention.

Chinooks from 27 Squadron RAF Odiham fast roped Royal Marines from 40 Commando into a beach assault during the final fire power demonstration on Exercise Saif Sareea 3 in Oman.

HMS Trenchart on an ICEX, a series of demanding trials in the climate of the Arctic Circle, designed to test submariners’ skills in operating under the Arctic ice cap.

HMS Trenchart Submariner on ICEX in the Arctic Circle

A Royal Air Force C130J Hercules conducting low-light refuelling with an Airbus Voyager Airtanker during a routine training sortie.

Image of early morning desert moves for the Household Cavalry Regiment on Exercise Saif Sareea 3, Shafa Training Area, in Oman.

Members of the Royal Lancers are seen here on patrol in the Buffer Zone, also called ‘the Green Line’ in Cyprus, performing their Peacekeeping duties.

Image of two RAF F-35B Lightning aircraft, flying in formation over the North Sea while exercising alongside the United States Air Force and the French Air Force

Reserve soldiers on Phase One training in the arduous terrain of the Black Mountains of Mid Wales.

A member of 16 Air Assault Brigade is seen here, landing near Mont-Saint-Michel in France.

Logistics soldiers unwinding after unloading armoured vehicles taking part in Exercise Saif Sareea 3 in Oman.

Image of a RAF Puma flying over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan as part of a sortie in support of Operation TORAL.

Royal Navy Sailors at sea on HMS Albion, anticipating the arrival of a French Task Group.

Image of a Challenger 2 main battle tank somewhere in Oman

Image of a RAF Chinook helicopter dropping off tons of chalk to help the New Zealand High Commission and local volunteers to restore a kiwi carved into the chalk on Beacon Hill, above the town of Bulford in Wiltshire.

A snow-covered RFA Tidespring battling rough seas

Image of a Merlin from 829 NAS conducting winch operations on the flight deck of HMS ST ALBANS, whilst at sea.

The moment a soldier from The Royal Regiment Of Scotland returns home to his children after six months training and mentoring Iraqi forces.