Best of the RAF Photographic Competition 2013

  • RAF Public Relation Photograph of the Year 2013: 'Shard' by SAC Andy Masson. A RAF Tornado from II (AC) Squadron, RAF Marham, flying over the new Shard building during The Queens Birthday Flypast over London on the 15 June 2013. (SAC Andy Masson/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    RAF Public Relation Photograph of the Year 2013: 'Shard' by SAC Andy Masson. A RAF Tornado from II (AC) Squadron, RAF Marham, flying over the new Shard building during The Queens Birthday Flypast over London on the 15 June 2013. (SAC Andy Masson/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    RAF Public Relation Photograph of the Year 2013: 'Shard' by SAC Andy Masson. A RAF Tornado from II (AC) Squadron, RAF Marham, flying over the new Shard building during The Queens Birthday Flypast over London on the 15 June 2013. (SAC Andy Masson/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • Section Portfolio RAF Marham. Royal Air Force Marham's Squadron Leader Chris Higgins during the dress rehearsal for the Freedom of King's Lynn Parade at RAF Marham, Norfolk. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    Section Portfolio RAF Marham. Royal Air Force Marham's Squadron Leader Chris Higgins during the dress rehearsal for the Freedom of King's Lynn Parade at RAF Marham, Norfolk. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    Section Portfolio RAF Marham. Royal Air Force Marham's Squadron Leader Chris Higgins during the dress rehearsal for the Freedom of King's Lynn Parade at RAF Marham, Norfolk. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Crash Fire and Rescue Section practice their fire fighting drills on a mock jet plane which has been set on fire. The drill is aptly named "hot drills" as the scenario is intended to replicate a crash landing or fire involving a fast jet. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Crash Fire and Rescue Section practice their fire fighting drills on a mock jet plane which has been set on fire. The drill is aptly named "hot drills" as the scenario is intended to replicate a crash landing or fire involving a fast jet. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Crash Fire and Rescue Section practice their fire fighting drills on a mock jet plane which has been set on fire. The drill is aptly named "hot drills" as the scenario is intended to replicate a crash landing or fire involving a fast jet. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • Senior Air Craftsman Carruthers photographs WAD-UNC-13-0471 2503 Squadron on exercise at STANTA training base. (Craftsman Carruthers/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    Senior Air Craftsman Carruthers photographs WAD-UNC-13-0471 2503 Squadron on exercise at STANTA training base. (Craftsman Carruthers/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    Senior Air Craftsman Carruthers photographs WAD-UNC-13-0471 2503 Squadron on exercise at STANTA training base. (Craftsman Carruthers/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • 'Do Something Amazing' by Paul Crouch. Military medical personnel undertake realistic training at RAF Brize Norton based Tactical Medical Wing. (Paul Crouch/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    'Do Something Amazing' by Paul Crouch. Military medical personnel undertake realistic training at RAF Brize Norton based Tactical Medical Wing. (Paul Crouch/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    'Do Something Amazing' by Paul Crouch. Military medical personnel undertake realistic training at RAF Brize Norton based Tactical Medical Wing. (Paul Crouch/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • RAF Photographer of the Year 2013: SAC Graham Taylor. A Typhoon aircraft sits under the star-lit sky of the Middle-East during a multi-national traning exercise. (SAC Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    RAF Photographer of the Year 2013: SAC Graham Taylor. A Typhoon aircraft sits under the star-lit sky of the Middle-East during a multi-national traning exercise. (SAC Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    RAF Photographer of the Year 2013: SAC Graham Taylor. A Typhoon aircraft sits under the star-lit sky of the Middle-East during a multi-national traning exercise. (SAC Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Flt Lt Frazer Wood and Fg Off Daniel Whatmough from 31 Squadron, return to the operations room after a flight during Exercise Shaheen Star. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Flt Lt Frazer Wood and Fg Off Daniel Whatmough from 31 Squadron, return to the operations room after a flight during Exercise Shaheen Star. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Flt Lt Frazer Wood and Fg Off Daniel Whatmough from 31 Squadron, return to the operations room after a flight during Exercise Shaheen Star. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • The Amateur Military Category Winner: 'Ariel Ballet' by Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn. (Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    The Amateur Military Category Winner: 'Ariel Ballet' by Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn. (Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    The Amateur Military Category Winner: 'Ariel Ballet' by Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn. (Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • Portrait Photography Winner: Sgt Merry, MNT Air Cmd. The first deployment of Ghanaian troops and equipment prepare to move out to Mali onboard a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster, detached from 99 Sqn at RAF Brize Norton to Accra, Ghana, in support of Operation Newcombe. (Sgt Merry/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    Portrait Photography Winner: Sgt Merry, MNT Air Cmd. The first deployment of Ghanaian troops and equipment prepare to move out to Mali onboard a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster, detached from 99 Sqn at RAF Brize Norton to Accra, Ghana, in support of Operation Newcombe. (Sgt Merry/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    Portrait Photography Winner: Sgt Merry, MNT Air Cmd. The first deployment of Ghanaian troops and equipment prepare to move out to Mali onboard a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster, detached from 99 Sqn at RAF Brize Norton to Accra, Ghana, in support of Operation Newcombe. (Sgt Merry/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • RAF Police Dog Handler Cpl Kerri Hancox relaxes after assisting on a training exercise with future military working dogs. (Cpl Marriott/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    RAF Police Dog Handler Cpl Kerri Hancox relaxes after assisting on a training exercise with future military working dogs. (Cpl Marriott/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    RAF Police Dog Handler Cpl Kerri Hancox relaxes after assisting on a training exercise with future military working dogs. (Cpl Marriott/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • RAF Photographer of the Year: SAC Graham Taylor. A Spitfire TE311 of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight piloted by Wg Cdr "Godders" Godfrey performs a "hot start" during the RAFMF Public Display Authority. (Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    RAF Photographer of the Year: SAC Graham Taylor. A Spitfire TE311 of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight piloted by Wg Cdr "Godders" Godfrey performs a "hot start" during the RAFMF Public Display Authority. (Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    RAF Photographer of the Year: SAC Graham Taylor. A Spitfire TE311 of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight piloted by Wg Cdr "Godders" Godfrey performs a "hot start" during the RAFMF Public Display Authority. (Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)
  • Technical Engineering Winner: SAC Matthews. A fingerprint captured on an RAF lighter. The print was revealed using a yellow dye based process in the RAF Police labs, Henlow. The lighter was then put under a specific UV light before covering the cameras lens with a matching filter to create the effect of making the print appear bright blue on the lighter. (SAC Matthews/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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    Technical Engineering Winner: SAC Matthews. A fingerprint captured on an RAF lighter. The print was revealed using a yellow dye based process in the RAF Police labs, Henlow. The lighter was then put under a specific UV light before covering the cameras lens with a matching filter to create the effect of making the print appear bright blue on the lighter. (SAC Matthews/ MOD Crown Copyright)

    Technical Engineering Winner: SAC Matthews. A fingerprint captured on an RAF lighter. The print was revealed using a yellow dye based process in the RAF Police labs, Henlow. The lighter was then put under a specific UV light before covering the cameras lens with a matching filter to create the effect of making the print appear bright blue on the lighter. (SAC Matthews/ MOD Crown Copyright)
RAF Public Relation Photograph of the Year 2013: 'Shard' by SAC Andy Masson. A RAF Tornado from II (AC) Squadron, RAF Marham, flying over the new Shard building during The Queens Birthday Flypast over London on the 15 June 2013. (SAC Andy Masson/ MOD Crown Copyright)
Section Portfolio RAF Marham. Royal Air Force Marham's Squadron Leader Chris Higgins during the dress rehearsal for the Freedom of King's Lynn Parade at RAF Marham, Norfolk. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Crash Fire and Rescue Section practice their fire fighting drills on a mock jet plane which has been set on fire. The drill is aptly named "hot drills" as the scenario is intended to replicate a crash landing or fire involving a fast jet. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
Senior Air Craftsman Carruthers photographs WAD-UNC-13-0471 2503 Squadron on exercise at STANTA training base. (Craftsman Carruthers/ MOD Crown Copyright)
'Do Something Amazing' by Paul Crouch. Military medical personnel undertake realistic training at RAF Brize Norton based Tactical Medical Wing. (Paul Crouch/ MOD Crown Copyright)
RAF Photographer of the Year 2013: SAC Graham Taylor. A Typhoon aircraft sits under the star-lit sky of the Middle-East during a multi-national traning exercise. (SAC Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)
Section Portfolio Winner: RAF Marham. Flt Lt Frazer Wood and Fg Off Daniel Whatmough from 31 Squadron, return to the operations room after a flight during Exercise Shaheen Star. (RAF Marham/ MOD Crown Copyright)
The Amateur Military Category Winner: 'Ariel Ballet' by Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn. (Flt Lt Greenow, 373 (Barry) Sqn/ MOD Crown Copyright)
Portrait Photography Winner: Sgt Merry, MNT Air Cmd. The first deployment of Ghanaian troops and equipment prepare to move out to Mali onboard a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster, detached from 99 Sqn at RAF Brize Norton to Accra, Ghana, in support of Operation Newcombe. (Sgt Merry/ MOD Crown Copyright)
RAF Police Dog Handler Cpl Kerri Hancox relaxes after assisting on a training exercise with future military working dogs. (Cpl Marriott/ MOD Crown Copyright)
RAF Photographer of the Year: SAC Graham Taylor. A Spitfire TE311 of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight piloted by Wg Cdr "Godders" Godfrey performs a "hot start" during the RAFMF Public Display Authority. (Graham Taylor/ MOD Crown Copyright)
Technical Engineering Winner: SAC Matthews. A fingerprint captured on an RAF lighter. The print was revealed using a yellow dye based process in the RAF Police labs, Henlow. The lighter was then put under a specific UV light before covering the cameras lens with a matching filter to create the effect of making the print appear bright blue on the lighter. (SAC Matthews/ MOD Crown Copyright)
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A surreal image of a military aircraft flying past The Shard has taken the top honour at this year's Royal Air Force Photographic Competition. The prestigious honour sees judges whittle down more than 1000 entries from RAF photographers to just 12 category winners. The competition, now in its 24th year, showcases breathtaking snaps of the RAF at work, play and rest. Take a look at a selection of the winners and entries...

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