File:Typhoon Jet Lands at RAF Northolt for Olympics Security Exercise MOD 45153949.jpg

Original file(4,256 × 2,832 pixels, file size: 5.94 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary edit

Description
English: Pictured:

A Royal Air Force Typhoon jet arrives at RAF Northolt, West London, ahead of an Olympics air security exercise.

Typhoon fighter jets arrived at RAF Northolt today (Wednesday 2 May) to take part in a major military exercise to test security for the forthcoming Olympic Games.

The arrival of the jets – which heralds the first time fighter planes have been stationed at RAF Northolt since World War 2 – marks the start of specialist training which will result in increased flying activity over London and the Home Counties.

Codenamed Exercise Olympic Guardian, the eight-day exercise will put airmen, soldiers and sailors through their paces in the skies over the south east. The exercise runs from 2-10 May and it is likely that people will notice an increase in highly visible air activity at peak times (particularly on 5 and 6 May).

The Air Security Plan for the Olympic Games builds on the Royal Air Force’s existing defence of UK airspace, which includes round-the-clock radar surveillance and Typhoon fighters held at high readiness every day of the year.

  • Organization: RAF
  • Object Name: Northolt_3027
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Operations, Exercises, Equipment, Aircraft, Offensive, Typhoon
  • Keywords: Royal Air Force, RAF, Equipment, Aircraft, Jet, Fighter, Defensive, Typhoon, Eurofighter, F2, RAF Northolt, Olympic, Olympics, Security, Exercise, Guardian , London 2012
  • Country: UK
Date
Source
Author SAC Steve Buckley
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Images are downloadable at high resolution, made available at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License).

Licensing edit

Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
This file is licensed under the Open Government Licence version 1.0 (OGL v1.0).
Attribution:Photo: SAC Steve Buckley/MOD
You are free to:
  • copy, publish, distribute and transmit the Information;
  • adapt the Information;
  • exploit the Information commercially for example, by combining it with other Information, or by including it in your own product or application.
You must, where you do any of the above:
  • acknowledge the source of the Information by including any attribution statement specified by the Information Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to this licence;
  • ensure that you do not use the Information in a way that suggests any official status or that the Information Provider endorses you or your use of the Information;
  • ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent the Information or its source;
  • ensure that your use of the Information does not breach the Data Protection Act 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

See the Open Government Licence page on Meta-Wiki for more information.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:51, 27 June 2013Thumbnail for version as of 09:51, 27 June 20134,256 × 2,832 (5.94 MB) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|Pictured: A Royal Air Force Typhoon jet arrives at RAF Northolt, West London, ahead of an Olympics air security exercise. Typhoon fighter jets arrived at RAF Northolt today (Wednesday 2 May) to...

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata