Last summer we got the chance to attend the Royal International Air Tattoo, the biggest military air show in the world with hundreds of aircraft both in the static and dynamic displays. One of the main focus of this year edition was in aerial refuelling and we got the chance to see a good number of tankers flying aerial refuelling demos, including A400M with two Tornados from the German Air Force, an A330 MRTT from the Royal Air Force with a Swedish Gripen and a Finnish Hornet and a MC-130J with a MV-22 Osprey. This year we also saw for the first time the new E version of the Saab Gripen in flight which was one of the hihglights and a replica of the first jet fighter that entered in operational service, the Mesersmith Me-262. Another highlights were the “Dream Viper” Demo from the Belgian Air Force, the Finnish Hornet solo display, the French Rafale Solo Display and of course the Spanish Navy AV-8B Harrier, which flew with the Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning II. In the static display there were some classic fighter from the cold war, and Hellenic Air Force F-4E Phantom II and a Polish Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter. As always, RIAT was a not to be missed air show, in spite of the British weather, which brought showers during the week of the show.
The photos are from Edilia Luis and the videos are just an example of what you can see in the playlist we have made from RIAT 2023:
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