The Royal International Air Tatoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucester, England  - Present & Past



The 'Stars' of the Royal International Air Tattoo's - Present & Past
One of the world's greatest miltary airshows and held annually at RAF Fairford, Gloucester, England

 

The Lockheed Martin F22 Raptor fighter climns out vertically 

The 2011 French display aircraft - The Dassault Rafale

An impressive reheat climb out for the Polish AF Mig29 - RIAT 2012 

The RAF's display Typhoon fighter climbs away after take off 

An RAF Boeing Chinook heavy lift Helicopter - Going down!! RIAT 2012


The star of 2010 - The brand new Airbus military A400M military transport

 

A welcome return for the new Airbus A400M Atlas - RIAT 2012

Airbus military A400M flight test aircraft - RIAT 2016

Another star for 2010 - And a spledid display from a USAF C17 Globemaster 111

DHL's brand new Boeing 767 freighter against an angry sky - RIAT 2012

One of the 'Stars' of 2009 the RNZAF Boeing B757 

The RNZAF B757 climbing away 

A USAF 'Buff' B52 Stratofortress gets airborne 

The recently refurbished Avro/HS Vulcan XH558 flies through against stormy skies

HS Vulcan B2 XH558 on finals - RIAT 2011 

HS Vulcan B2 XH558 climbs away - RIAT 2012

The RAF's new MR variant - The Bae systems Nimrod MR4 - All scrapped in 2011

The brand new JMSDF's Kawasaki P1 maritime patrol aircraft - A classic for RIAT 2015 

An Italian AF Panavia Tornado on finals - RIAT 2011

Bae Hawk T1 - The 2011 display aircraft

Bae Hawk T1 - The 2012 display aircraft - Another classic scheme for 2012

An Aero L59 of the Czech AF - RIAT 2015 

A German pollution control patrol Dornier D0228 - RIAT 2013

 Airbus military's new CASA 295 AEW - RIAT 2011

A soon to be rarity - A Royal Navy Jetstream

It's not always a modern performance jet! - The two seat Spitfire from the 2015 BofB flypast

Followed closely by a real Bf109! - RIAT 2015 

An Airbus military A330 Tanker - First delivery aircraft for the RAF - RIAT 2011

A Lockheed Martin F35B Lightning II of the USMC - RIAT 2016 

An RAF Bae Typhoon fighter - RIAT 2011

The Korean AF with their Black Eagles T50's - Stars at RIAT 2012

 An absolute coupe for 2012 - The Korean AF with their Black Eagles T50's

A Lockheed Martin F35B Lightning II of the USMC - RIAT 2016

A Lockheed Martin F22 Raptor of the USAF - RIAT 2016

A USAF LM F22 Raptor fighter 

 

The 2011 French AF Dassault Rafale demonstrator

 The 2012 French AF Dassault Rafale demonstrator

Ramex Delta - 2 Mirage 2000's of the Armee de l'Air - RIAT 2015

A Royal Netherlands AF diplay F16 Fighting Falcon starts off it's display run

The 2011 display aircraft of the RDAF - The F16 Fighting Falcon 

A Belgian AF diplay F16 Fighting Falcon starts off it's display run - RIAT 2012

The Royal Netherlands AF diplay F16 Fighting Falcon - RIAT 2014

Team Zuess - Hellenic AF F16 Fighting Falcon - RIAT 2015

Belgian AF F16 Fighting Falcon - RIAT 2015

 

'Solo Turk' Turkish AF F16 Fighting Falcon - RIAT 2016 

A Swiss AF F18 Hornet and a rarity at 2009 airshows!! - Blue Sky!!  Didn't last long though!!

 

A wet airshow for 2011 gave some great condensation plumes - A XV sqn Tornado zoom climb

 

Condensation forms on the USAF A10c demonstrator- RIAT 2011

An RAF Bae Typhoon fighter of the RAF - RIAT 2016 

The 2011 Bae Typhoon - A real all-weather fighter

A high speed reheat pass from the very impressive RAF Typhoon

 

2010 and the RAF send a new 2-seater Typhoon

A Swedish AF Saab Grippen fighter climbing in to its display

A Polish AF Mig 29 Fulcrum - RIAT 2012

A Polish AF Mig 29 Fulcrum - RIAT 2016

A Dassualt Mirage 2000 of the French Air Force

A USAF Republic A10c Thunderbolt - RIAT 2011

A Russian Yak 130 Mitten - RIAT 2012

An Italian AF AMX - RIAT 2014 

A definate rarity - A display from a UK Harrier GR7 - All scrapped 2011 

A pair of Royal Navy Bae Hawks get airborne sporting the very smart Navy 100 scheme 

The RAF's solo Hawk display aircraft getting airborne

Simply amazing - The USMC Bell Boeing V22 Osprey - RIAT 2012

USAF MV22 Osprey - RIAT 2015 

An RAF Boeing Chinook heavy lift Helicopter

An RAF Boeing Chinook heavy lift Helicopter - RIAT 2012 

An RAF Westland Merlin Helicopter - RIAT 2011

 
An SAR variant of the Westland Sea King of the Royal Navy
 
 

A Royal Navy 'Commando' variant of the Westland Sea King 

An Aerospatiale Puma of the French Army - RIAT 2011

Augusta Westland Wildcats of the Royal Navy - RIAT 2016 

A Royal Navy Westland Lynx helicopter

Czech AF demo Mil35 Hind attack helicopter - RIAT 2015 

An Army Air Corps Apache Longbow - RIAT 2102 

 A Boeing AH64 Apache attack helicopter of the R Netherlands AF - RIAT 2011

An Aerospatiale Gazelle of the French Army - RIAT 2011

A Westland Gazelle of the RAF - RIAT 2014 

The Swiss AF PC7 team getting airborne 

 

A classic Swiss AF formation of PC7's and an F18 Hornet 

Patrouille de France close formation take off 

 

Pat de France high speed cross over 

A formation take off from the Italian AF aerobatic team The Frecce Tricolori

 
Frecce's soloist MB339 
 
 
Frecce's No4 on finals - RIAT 2011
 
  
 
A 3 ship Breitling departure - Aero L39 Albatross - RIAT 2012
 
 
Breitling's 2011 L39 
  
 
The Breitling team getting airborne 

The Breitling solo Aero L39 Albatross

 

The Breitling team cross over 

The Red Arrows Synchro pair 

The RAF's Red Arrows low level run & break 

The Red Arrows 

 

The Red Arrows 

Frecce Tricolori 

Frecce Tricolori

 The Korean AF with their Black Eagles T50's

The Korean AF with their Black Eagles T50's

The Aero L39 Albatross's of the breitling aerobatic team 

A zoom pass from the Typhoon 

The Solo Hawk climbs away 

Wing tip vortex from the solo Hawk 

The Swiss AF display Hornet on a zoom pass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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