{"id":3064,"date":"2025-02-27T19:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=3064"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T19:40:20","slug":"this-week-we-welcome-the-czech-air-force-to-riat25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/this-week-we-welcome-the-czech-air-force-to-riat25\/","title":{"rendered":"This week we welcome the Czech Air Force to RIAT25!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/article-images-25\/RIAT-Turbolet.jpg\" alt=\"RIAT Turbolet\n\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The countdown is on!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s now less than 20 weeks until aircraft start to touch down at RAF Fairford for this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo and we\u2019ve got some new attendees!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week we have the Czech Air Force checking in with a trio of aircraft travelling across Europe to join us in the Cotswolds.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be providing a <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQ-JAZGJKF8iAg5aD6BIVxb3yUlBJLLjvKL_P37J4hXoBd3AGgAWyHWmD1rUGK\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PZL-Swidnik W-3A Sokol<\/strong><\/a> for the flying display, which is a great opportunity to see it perform its energetic search and rescue display routine.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving onto their other assets, the Czechs are bringing a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQ-JAZGJKF8iAg5qD6BFyCKAoizbpUrC9HSejFeq0u1MpG0IdZYYlZiiAxbgJl\" target=\"_blank\">LET L-410FG Turbolet<\/a><\/strong> for static display, which ties in with our operational theme of \u2018Eyes in the Skies\u2019 as this aircraft is fitted with a glass nose to enable it to carry out reconnaissance missions.&nbsp;&nbsp; Last but not least, they\u2019re also sending an <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQ-JAZGJKF8iAgwqH6BLUycSpPEkMtkpkM0Yx7f08nVL2plGnM7NtTGvdi3OUW\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aero Vodochody L-159 ALCA<\/strong><\/a> for static display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airtattoo.com\/the-airshow\/aircraft-and-pilots\/confirmed-aircraft\/\" target=\"_blank\">View Confirmed Aircraft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At midnight on Sunday 2nd March, our enclosure offer moves from up to&nbsp;10% off to up to 5% off both Friday and Sunday so to make sure you secure a discount, <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQ-JAZGJKF8iAgoaD6BK0Py0Nbc-2JKsUukshzER_3DyZotMSVjvKbqqg9rIFN\" target=\"_blank\">book now<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIAT returns to RAF Fairford on the 18th, 19th and 20th July and promises to excite and exhilarate with an incredible array of aircraft action in the sky and plenty to see in the static display. We also have our Techno Zone\u00ae, where cutting-edge technology, innovation and education collide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a wide range of enclosures available, to suit every taste and budget, where you can set up base and explore the show from. Check out all our <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQ-JAZGJKF8iAgoqD6BFaEuGpNqeKteZVBdvPdqR4CpbLvpk8qmaUQ23JRr0_K\" target=\"_blank\">hospitality packages<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQ-JAZGJKF8iAgoqD6BFaEuGpNqeKteZVBdvPdqR4CpbLvpk8qmaUQ23JRr0_K\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>. Be quick though, they&#8217;re selling fast and once they&#8217;re gone, they&#8217;re gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have already purchased your general admission ticket and would like to upgrade to one of our enclosures, <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQ-JAZGJKF8iAgy6D6BMwW2bPKkF-BPH2shZbBV5_ICqmgv2ZG57cxevtupgw0\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airtattoo.com\/tickets-packages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Book Tickets here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown is on! It\u2019s now less than 20 weeks until aircraft start to touch down at RAF Fairford for this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo and we\u2019ve got some new attendees!&nbsp;&nbsp; This week we have the Czech Air Force checking in with a trio of aircraft travelling across Europe to join us in the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/this-week-we-welcome-the-czech-air-force-to-riat25\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This week we welcome the Czech Air Force to RIAT25!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[341,58,10,179],"class_list":["post-3064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-341","tag-february","tag-news","tag-royal-international-air-tattoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3065,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions\/3065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}