ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATTOO FLYING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE. The Royal International Air Tattoo is back at last. } } return '
' else { winHgt / origImgHgt); buttons: ['share'], (browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i.test(navigator.userAgent) It's usually held over the third weekend in July at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England. } by knutt Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:52 pm. } } return ' 0 && $(".af3-caption-body").css("height") != undefined) { [19] Other participants included the Finnish Air Force F/A-18C Hornet, a British Airways Airbus A318 and the British debut of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force's Kawasaki P-1, which performed in the flying display, as well as the static park.[20]. The USAF provided many aircraft for static including a B-1 Lancer, B-52 Stratofortress and a Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. $(".fancybox-content").css("width", newImgWth + "px"); Make sure to get them whilst you can. isDesktopInit = false; return '' + if (isMobile()) captionToggle(); $(".fancybox-caption").removeClass("desktop-init"); getDownloadURL($(this).parent()) + getDownloadURL($(this).parent()) + Notable appearances included the Turkish Air Force F-4 Phantom on static display, a flying display from the heavily upgraded Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR-C, designed in the 1950s, and the Spanish Navy's EAV-8B Matador II Plus on flying display. Hello and welcome back to our coverage of RIAT 2022, where temperatures are set to soar to 29C today. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. } isMobile = true; function captionToggle() { var dstLeft = Math.floor((winWth - newImgWth)) / 2; afterLoad: function (instance, current) { function captionToggle() { })); $(".closing-box, .closingx").on("touchstart", function() { captionToggle(); }); RIAT attracts more than 150,000 visitors over two days (which is insane!) return '
' else { Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images else { return caption; $(".fancybox-content").css("transform", } }); Royal International Air Tattoo. RIAT 2020 was due to be staged from 1719 July 2020, but was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. [27] The show heavily focused on training aircraft as this years operational theme was 'Training the Next Generation Air Force' but it also focused on the 75th Anniversary of the United States Air Force, which included a rare appearance of the Boeing E-4 performing a flypast on the Friday and being on static display over the weekend. var $currentSlide = $(".fancybox-slide.fancybox-slide--current.fancybox-slide--image").parent().parent(); The Royal Air Force also highlighted and celebrated the U.S. Air Forces 75th Anniversary this year with a showcase of U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft including the F-35, two F-16 Fighting Falcons, and an F-15E Strike Eagle from bases across Europe. function prependClosing() { } caption += '