Images Dated 7th July 2012

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The pack rides past a field of sunflowers during the 199 km and seventh stage of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race starting in Tomblaine and finishing in La Planche des Belles Filles, eastern France, on July 7, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET

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RAF Merlin Helicopter

A Royal Air Force Merlin helicopter during Exercise Pashtung Vortex in Jordan. The training package included dust landings, day and night plus tactical flying practice and pairs flying.
Ex Pashtung Vortex was an overseas training exercise, taking place at King Hussain International Airport, Aqaba, Jordan and involved aircraft from the Merlin Force. The exercise also enabled enviromental training and pre-deployment training objectives to be achieved.
Force Elements from RAF Benson and support units formed a Joint Helicopter Force Jordan, capable of supporting and sustaining 3 Merlin aircraft for the duration of the Exercise

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A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter begins to land

July 11, 2012 - A U.S. Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter begins to land during exercise Javelin Thrust on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms, California

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