This is the moment two typhoon jets appear to have narrowly missed a head-on collision each other during exercises over West Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire.
Shocking images show the jets seeming to be eerily close to one another as they practised dog fighting at 18,000ft in the air.
A photographer took the snaps at around 5 p.m. last Thursday (28 September).
The amateur photographer says he regularly sees the planes from RAF Coningsby practising fighting manoeuvres – but this one appeared “quite close for comfort”.
Mr Helcoop, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, said: “I spend a lot of time taking photos of aircraft over West Pinchbeck.
“I love watching the pilots from RAF Coningsby practice combat manoeuvres.
“We get F15’s and F35’s flying over the air space here, its where they come to practice and they are a regular sight in the skies around here.
“Just before 5pm on Thursday I snapped these two Typhoons and thought ‘wow that seemed very close’.
“They are Top Guns. Makes you feel secure that these pilots are protecting our skies.”
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