{"id":3095,"date":"2025-03-20T12:36:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:36:57","slug":"red-arrows-become-latest-attendees-for-this-summers-royal-international-air-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/red-arrows-become-latest-attendees-for-this-summers-royal-international-air-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Arrows become latest attendees for this summer\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Royal Air Force has become the latest to confirm their participation at this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) by announcing the Red Arrows, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and Typhoon will be touching down at RAF Fairford in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, the aviation showcase has announced 40 aircraft from 11 different nations, ranging from everything to helicopters and fast jets to huge transport aircraft \u2013 with almost 20 weeks still remaining until this year\u2019s show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only have aircraft confirmed their attendance, to date organisers say over 80,000 people have secured their spot at the event which takes place on Friday 18th<\/sup>, Saturday 19th<\/sup> and Sunday 20th<\/sup> of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s show will be celebrating the role of aviation in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, search and rescue and more under the theme of \u2018Eyes in the Skies\u2019. This July also marks 40 years since the Air Tattoo first moved to RAF Fairford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Squadron Leader Jon Bond, Team Leader of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team and Red 1, said<\/strong>: \u201cThe Red Arrows have a great deal of heritage with RAF Fairford \u2013 having been based there in the team\u2019s earliest days until a move late in 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis strong, historic connection with the airfield is one of the many reasons why displaying at RIAT is always a special moment for the Red Arrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHowever, what makes performing at RIAT particularly enjoyable, is knowing just how many families are there, watching and enjoying the event and understanding the opportunity we have, as a display team, to hopefully inspire future aviators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRIAT also gives the Red Arrows team \u2013 both air and ground crew \u2013 a good chance to meet countless people and we can\u2019t wait to see everyone and display our brand new 2025 show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joining the Red Arrows at this year\u2019s show will also be iconic warbirds from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, as well as the RAF\u2019s modern-day combat Typhoon aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the iconic nine-ship display team, the announcement also sees the return of the BBMF Spitfire, which will be participating alongside fellow historic aircraft in the Lancaster and Hurricane. They join an already exciting line-up of aircraft, including displays never seen before at the Air Tattoo such as the Swedish Black Hawk and Portuguese Merlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Executive Officer at Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises, Paul Atherton, said<\/strong>: \u201cThe Red Arrows announcement is always met with huge excitement from our visitors and rightfully so as they fly the flag for United Kingdom and the Royal Air Force around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very lucky to have them with us across the weekend and there will plenty of opportunities for people to engage with the pilots and their groundcrews while they are with us in the Cotswolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis announcement also sees the return of BBMF which will be a welcome sight as well as the Typhoon, which of course flew on sustainable aviation fuel for the first time when it was with us in 2024.\u201d Participating aircraft are unveiled on a weekly basis via Air Tattoo social channels, with tickets available via www.AirTattoo.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Royal Air Force has become the latest to confirm their participation at this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) by announcing the Red Arrows, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and Typhoon will be touching down at RAF Fairford in July. So far, the aviation showcase has announced 40 aircraft from 11 different nations, ranging … Continue reading Red Arrows become latest attendees for this summer\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo<\/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":[341,61,10,179],"class_list":["post-3095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-341","tag-march","tag-news","tag-royal-international-air-tattoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095","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=3095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3096,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095\/revisions\/3096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}