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245 aircraft from 25 countries participated in this years Royal International Air Tattoo, held 19-21 July at RAF Fairford. This is noticeably less than previous years. Also, this year the air show on Sunday was less attractive compared to Saturday, which was disappointing. But still lots of good stuff like the flying demo’s from the Romanian MiG-21 and Spanish Armada EAV-8 Harrier. Highlight of Mondays departures was definitely the B-52.
Static
Less aircraft on the static this year, but like every year a nice variety of visitors. Canada brought a CC-130 and CP-140. Lots of other Commonwealth countries were missing this year by the way. The US brought a lot of the usual suspects, like the B-52, P-8, KC-135, C-17, MC-130. Nice to see a KC-10 and VC-22 on the static again. A big miss was the absence of the three D-day F-15s.
Highlights this year included the Romanian MiG-21s and Spanish Navy EAV-8s. A first was the Greek T-6 and the semi-civil Qatari C-17 in full Qatar airways colors. The now privatized HM Coastguard showed the S-92, AW189 and rare Cessna F406 to patrol fishery. Another interesting visitor was the Jetstream of Cranfield University - Institute of Technology. The German Navy send a P-3C, which is not often seen at air shows.
Lots of special colors, like the Danish and Norwegian F-16s. Also the German air force had its beautiful “60 jahre Richthofen” Eurofighter on display. The duo Turkish F-4E had special tails applied to celebrate 70 years of NATO and 60 years 111 squadron. Both Jordan and Pakistan were back with their well-known C-130s with colorful tails.
As countries are still looking for a turbo prop trainer replacements, Raytheon brought the AT-6 and Embraer the EMB-314.
54+28, A400
ZJ694, Sentinel
130612, CC-130
6807, MiG-21
6824, MiG-21
6807, MiG-21
036, T-6
VA.1B-37 / 01-925, EAV-8
VA.1B-24 / 01-914, EAV-8
U.20-2 / 01-406, Cessna 550
VA.1B-37 / 01-925, EAV-8
ZF448 / 448, Tucano
XX321 / CI, Hawk
ZK027 / R, Hawk
XW224, Puma
1219 / DAZ, SA330
D-661, CH-47
ZZ191, Hunter
43+25, Tornado
46+05, Tornado
MM7057 / 6-04, Tornado
691, F-16
691, F-16
E-191, F-16
30+67, EF2000
30+25, EF2000
30+25, EF2000
71 blue, Su-27
71 blue, Su-27
G-ETPB, PC-21
G-ETPK, BAe 146
ZK020 / K, Hawk
ZM324 / 324, Texan
ZZ502, Avenger
ZM519, Juno
ZM335, Phenom
N610AT, AT-6
39816 / 816, JAS39
ZJ913 / 913, Typhoon
MT55232, T-346
PT-ZTU, EMB-314
60-0048 / LA, B-52
60-0048 / LA, B-52
60-0048 / LA, B-52
169329 / PD-329, P-8
169329 / PD-329, P-8
96-0201 / LN, F-15
169329 / PD-329, P-8
ZJ208, Apache
99-0169, C-17
ZZ393, Wildcat
58-0100 / D, KC-135
58-0100 / D, KC-135
01, C-17
77-0296, F-4
77-0288, F-4
77-0296, F-4
J-368, F-16
G-MCGK, S-92
G-TURF, Cessna F406
G-MCGU, AW189
ZH827, Merlin
XX256 / CU-846, Hawk
140112, CP-140
1115, An-28
G-NFLA, Jetstream
79-1950, KC-10
87, EMB-121
60+01, P-3
83+10, Super Lynx
345, C-130
3766 / 766, C-130
10-0052, CV-22
12-5757, MC-130
2706, C-27
06, C-27
MM62225 / 46-90, C-27
CC-2, C295
M-519, EH101
MM81865 / 15-02, HH-101
76683, Il-76
76683, Il-76
76683, Il-76
A7-MAB, C-17
A7-MAB, C-17
LX-N90451, E-3
G-UH1H, UH-1
G-UH1H, UH-1
G-UH1H, UH-1
G-OHGA, OH-6
N45CF, Beech 18
G-ONAA, OV-10
G-BYCT, L-29
I-FENI, P.166
211 / MAH, C-130
We really loved to see the UH-1 Huey and OH-6 Loach back of the static. These fully restored helicopters resemble there Vietnam war past, complete with door gunner extra’s.
For the third year in a row, Ukraine was back with 2 Su-27s and a different (gray) Il-76.
On the next page, highlights from the airshow, including the Ukraine Su-27, Romainian MiG-21 and Spanish EAV-8 Harrier demo.
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