Winners revealed for the 'People's Choice' RAF Photography Competition 2018

The people have spoken 
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The winners are in for this year's 'People's Choice' category of the Royal Air Force Photography Competition 2018.

As the RAF celebrates its 100-year anniversary this year, it decided to open up the competition to the public for the first time.

Once the judges had whittled down nine images for the 'People's Choice', voting opened to the public until September 16.

Click through the gallery above to see the nine photos and how they ranked.

Entries included dramatic imagery as seen in the below photo, "Flaring Up", which shows a RAF Puma HC2 flying over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan as part of a sortie in support of Operation TORAL. The Puma is the main source of transport between different camps within Kabul.

(Cpl Lee Matthews, 83 EAG/Ministry of Defence)
Ministry of Defence

And in this next shot, "Perfection", a pair of Typhoon FGR4 aircraft from the RAF Typhoon Display Team, 29 Squadron, RAF Coningsby are seen performing a dynamic crossover on their arrival at the RAF Cosford Air Show.

Ministry of Defence

In the entry below titled "Op Ruman – First In", Sergeant Stephen Hardwick, a Medic from RAF Brize Norton based Tactical Medical Wing (TMW) is seen embarking a Boeing C-17 Globemaster aircraft destined for Barbados as part of the UK Government Task Group deployment which travelled to help those affected by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean.

Ministry of Defence

Below is a gallery of images from entries across the categories, including the "People's Choice" and "RAF Photographer of the Year".

RAF Photo of the Year 2018 - In pictures

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