{"id":3098,"date":"2025-03-20T22:17:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:17:58","slug":"the-icons-are-returning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/the-icons-are-returning\/","title":{"rendered":"The icons are returning!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/article-images-25\/RIAT-Lancaster.jpg\" alt=\"RIAT Lancaster\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve got something for everyone this week with updates from the Royal Air Force and Swedish Air Force!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with the RAF, this summer we will be joined by the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAg5omLBXZcvqiTg1AqpQtADqiMkT0J48xvKiKl11HuhiMZgddB\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Red Arrows<\/strong><\/a>, the ever-popular Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which will be made up of an <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAgq4mLBfrY0B_n0IUmZIB9WNEYPVWV4SZuxu-ZJyj7SYuzKv4t\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Avro Lancaster<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAg_ImLBaO0lAz2mlmSRSwgis63XX4p9JvXo0znSIVcj3GzX-Uk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hawker Hurricane<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAg_YmLBaVdKowekTMlHSk7QzR04uFVdsQ6QReTTdJyHQr0qajD\" target=\"_blank\">Supermarine Spitfire<\/a><\/strong>, plus the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAg_omLBaeKeL9zK0FZF3XYPOS8xiSWaBpJCLxA41Ka6PA7qIrJ\" target=\"_blank\">BAE Systems Typhoon FGR.4<\/a><\/strong> which will all be taking to the skies this summer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving over to Sweden, we have a RIAT debut in the flying display with a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAg6oiLBZXsftCfgvRMJk-sLDZXGAPmujC3DecA4c6XQ4c9kkhP\" target=\"_blank\">Sikorsky Hkp16 Black Hawk<\/a><\/strong> joining the line-up with another one lining up on static display this July in what is a great addition to this year\u2019s programme.&nbsp;&nbsp; Rounding off this week\u2019s update, we also have a civilian-owned <a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAg54iLBYECgLfLS6DsVh7B3n9JdyvCRnXnwI7Xw4Z2YR9T7O8g\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hawker Hunter T.72<\/strong><\/a> and a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/email.rafcte.com\/c\/AQiGjRUQzNsZGJKF8iAg4IiLBR4SlQdfofIv5QRBMMKQTMvGrBwDDUPkVO6klxhAivjA\" target=\"_blank\">Rheims-Cessna F152<\/a><\/strong> on static.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airtattoo.com\/the-airshow\/aircraft-and-pilots\/confirmed-aircraft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Confirmed Aircraft<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) have been selling even faster than last year, so don&#8217;t delay and buy yours today <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airtattoo.com\/tickets-packages\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got something for everyone this week with updates from the Royal Air Force and Swedish Air Force!&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting with the RAF, this summer we will be joined by the iconic Red Arrows, the ever-popular Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which will be made up of an Avro Lancaster, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire, plus &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/the-icons-are-returning\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The icons are returning!<\/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-3098","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\/3098","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=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3099,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}