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ALT The Northern Lights provide a spectacular backdrop over SJFHQ accommodation in Bodø, Norway, during the headquarters’ deployment to the High North. Image captured by Media Officer Lt Antonio Valente.
ALT SJFHQ / JEF Group Photo at Bodo Lair Camp, Norway
ALT From arrival to operational effect: UK RAF C-17 lands in Bodø, Norway, delivering the equipment and supplies needed to establish SJFHQ’s / JEF operational headquarters, enabling the team to operate from the High North.
ALT RAF Wedgetail WT002 taxiing along the runway at RAF Lossiemouth after arrival.
ALT RAF Wedgetail WT002 on the runway at RAF Lossiemouth, lined up alongside several RAF Poseidon aircraft.
ALT RAF Wedgetail WT002 in flight through cloudy grey skies.
ALT Card reads: "The RAF is establishing No. III Space Effects Squadron."
ALT Card reads "This is the MOD's first Squadron dedicated to operations in support of the control of space."
ALT Card reads: "This squadron will disrupt, degrade, and deny hostile activity, to protect and defend UK space interests."
ALT Card reads: "This will safeguard the satellites which our armed forces rely on for global military operations."
ALT "The RAF has announced how it will help the UK achieve the control of space".
ALT "This is how the UK will maintain its freedom to operate in space - and deny the same freedoms to adversaries".
ALT "Space domain awareness. Our ability to see and understand what is happening in space."
ALT "Space command and control. Our ability to plan, direct, and make effective decisions in space."
ALT A group of military personnel in camouflage uniforms gather in a large aircraft hangar to listen to a speaker.
ALT An aerial shot of the handover ceremony, looking over a Romanian F-16 fighter jet.
ALT Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal "Cab" Townsend at a lectern giving a speech at the Operation Biloxi handover ceremony in 2026.
ALT The Detachment Warrant Officer for Operation Biloxi 2026 watching on with Spanish counterparts stood alongside them.
ALT A wide shot of the handover ceremony featuring an RAF Typhoon and a Romanian F-16, as well as assorted personnel from the RAF, Spain, and Romania.
ALT Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft parked on an airfield at dusk. Bright floodlights illuminate the grey aircraft and reflect in a large puddle in the foreground, with a second transport aircraft visible in the background.
ALT Royal Air Force Voyager aircraft taking off from a wet runway in misty conditions. The large grey tanker and transport aircraft is captured with landing gear extended and lights illuminated, while spray rises behind the aircraft against a grey overcast sky.
ALT Royal Air Force A400M Atlas transport aircraft on a runway at night. The aircraft is viewed head-on with four propellers spinning, creating circular light trails, while runway lights glow along the wet tarmac beneath a dark sky.
