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Royal International Air Tatoo 2005

On 16 & 17 July the annual Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), the world's greatest military air show, was held at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. This year themes included 60 years United Nations, Surveillance 05 and Nato Tigers Roar 05.

We were present on the Saturday. Don't forget to check out all three pages using the links on the right-hand side of this page.

Static

This year's static was even better than the airshow, with some unique visitors like the Greek TA-7, Romanian MiG21's and Polish Su-22. Especially Italia send a large delegation with a variety of aircraft.

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Gostar den Daas

156768, TA-7	6807, MiG-21	XZ499/003, Sea Harrier
XZ360/FN, Jaguar	81-0954/SP, OA-10	CE.15-01/15-70, EF-18
ZG753/HH, Tornado	ZE887/XI, Tornado	ZG756/BX, Tornado
ZA543/FF, Tornado	G-BVGH, Hunter	MM55033/1-02, TAV-8
267, PC-9	86-0099/EL, B-1	02-0314, C-130
10+22, A310	ZD949, Tristar	87-0043, C-5
2005, HC-130	73-1153/RA, CT-43	016, C295
C-168, CL-604	LJ-3, Lj35	G-BMRD, B757
21, Mi-8	MM81381/CC-20, AB412	MM81351/15-39, HH-3
MM81510/GF-222, AB412	S-181, Super Lynx	ZJ223, Apache
MM7224/1-19, AV-8	E-195, F-16

DHL was present on the static with two B757 freighters. Other static highlights includes several RAF tornado's with colorful painted celebration tails, a Italian Navy TAV-8, the brand new HC-130J of the USCG and a Lithuanian Mi-8.

Read on in part 2: Themes