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Don't get a great deal of time to post on forums nowadays, mainly keep to Twitter and/or Instagram! But thought I'd post a few shots up from the past twelve months, I may or may not have sneaked in a couple of civvie shots at the bottom.

1. Flying on a live fire sortie with the 56th RQS on STANTA last year. We were trying to spool a video up on the Squadron but neither of us could figure out dates to work, but hopefully that means a visit to Aviano!
56th RQS SMA & HH-60G Pave Hawk by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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56th RQS HH-60G Pave Hawk by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

3.
56th RQS Special Mission Aviator by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

4. The day after I joined 18(B) Squadron and the RCAF's 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron for a flight over to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

5. Pointe du Hoc
RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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RAF & RCAF Crews by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

11. A flight with 727 NAS from RNAS Yeovilton, unfortunately we weren't able to in as close as I would have liked.
727 NAS Grob Tutors by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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727 NAS Grob Tutors by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

13. A couple of visits to the Finnish Border Guard - not technically military and also not civilian soo...
Finnish Border Guard AB412 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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Finnish Border Guard AB412 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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Finnish Border Guard AB412 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

16.
Winter Winching by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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Finnish Border Guard AB412 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

18.
AW119 Koala by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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Finnish Border Guard H215 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

20.
On The Wire by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

21.
Finnish Border Guard 5th Special Intervention Unit by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

22.
Night Ops by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

23.
Finnish Border Guard Rescue Swimmer by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

24.
Finnish Border Guard 5th Special Intervention Unit Operator by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

25.
Finnish Border Guard Rescue Swimmer & H215 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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Finnish Border Guard 5th Special Intervention Unit by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

27. A day into night sortie with 27 Squadron
27 Sqn Chinook Mk5 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

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Night Ops by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

29. A visit to the Salvamento Maritimo at their Valencia base.
Tools of The Trade by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

30.
Salvamento Maritimo AW139 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

31.
Salvamento Maritimo Rescue Swimmer by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

32.
Salvamento Maritimo AW139 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

33.
Salvamento Maritimo Winch Operator by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

34. A couple of visits to the loop.
494th FS F-15E Strike Eagle by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

35.
27 Squadron Chinook Mk4 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

36.
'Marham 42' MacRobert’s Reply by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

37. Couple of Hawk shots from 2016 that I hadn't posted before.
736 NAS Hawk T1s by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

38.
736 NAS Hawk T1s by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

39. And a few sneaky civvie shots
Alexander Neuhaus by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

40.
Castle Air A109S by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

41.
Castle Air A109S by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

42.
Wiltshire Air Ambulance Bell 429 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

43.
HeliCentre Aviation Guimbal Cabri G2 by Lloyd Horgan, on Flickr

Thanks for looking! C+C is always welcome

Great pics! ROB

Knew I shouldn't have clicked on this thread... I'll be miserable and jealous all day now!

Seriously, outstanding work - your Finnish Border Guard shots are just something else, I dream of having the chance to do shots like 14 & 25!

They're a bit tasty!

Super Stuff Lloyd

Thanks for posting,

They're okay

Still love that RCAF Chinook (thanks Dave...)

Excellent , just excellent!

Cheers Gareth

What a superb eclectic mix once again. I just wouldn't 'see' the portrait shots! Technical excellence everywhere, but shot #26 is really good.
Dribbled over these for some time now & there can't be less than 8 favourites. If there was it would be shot #6 or #8, probably.

One of the best ever sets on the Forum,totaly outstanding and ultra professional,the quality is amazing.
Cheers.

Amazing images as always Lloyd

Everyone's a stunner

Hi Lloyd



'Nuff said

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

Thanks for the incredibly kind words guys, most appreciated!

Simply stunning every one of them.
Thanks for posting them
Matt

Cracking set. Especially like the Finnish border guard set.

Fantastic post Lloyd continuing your usual very high standards - love the 56th RQS shots on here and the others over on Flickr - very nice opportunity

Keep them coming and let us know if the video does get completed

All the best

Darren

Very good

Professional quality , not that I would know

What an excellent post. Really unusual subject matter. Great stuff!

Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing

Not going to say you are the best aviation photographer in the country dude, but I know no one better. Once you have cleaned the vomit of your shirt from that rather creepy compliment, congratulations on another top post!

Again thanks for taking the time to comment, humbled by the kind words!

urkles wrote:Not going to say you are the best aviation photographer in the country dude, but I know no one better. Once you have cleaned the vomit of your shirt from that rather creepy compliment, congratulations on another top post!

High praise indeed Mark, thanks!