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THIS is the incredible moment two RAF 'Top Gun' pilots appeared to narrowly miss each other as they practised dog fighting 18,000ft in the air.<\/p>\n

Anthony Helcoop snapped pictures showing the Typhoons getting very close during the mission over West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, at around 5pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n


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The photographer says he regularly sees planes from RAF Coningsby practicing skillful fighting manoeuvres – but this one appeared "quite close for comfort". <\/p>\n

Anthony said: "I spend a lot of time taking photos of aircraft over West Pinchbeck.<\/p>\n

"I love watching the pilots from RAF Coningsby practice combat manoeuvres.<\/p>\n

"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.<\/p>\n

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"Just before 5pm on Thursday I snapped these two Typhoons and thought 'wow that seemed very close'.<\/p>\n

"They are Top Guns. Makes you feel secure that these pilots are protecting our skies.<\/p>\n

"You see them doing all sorts of manoeuvres but this one seemed quite close for comfort. They did appear to get very near on this occasion.<\/p>\n

"Obviously from the ground due to the angle you can't tell how near it was for sure – but from my perspective they certainly looked in close proximity.<\/p>\n

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"The skies have been unusually quiet since this happened, so I don't know if that is connected in any way or not.<\/p>\n

"I understand some Typhoons have been deployed to Poland to help them out so they may have been training for that.<\/p>\n

"I keep track on a radar and they were flying between 15,000ft and 18,000ft at the time. It's incredible to watch them.<\/p>\n

"I shared the photos online and people just can't believe I was so lucky to get that moment on camera.<\/p>\n

"I'm not a professionally-trained photographer at all, I just do it as a hobby, so I was just in the right place at the right time really."<\/p>\n


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