The Red Arrows will display with nine Hawk T1 aircraft during the 2025 season.
They will display or perform flypasts at many air shows and events in 2025.
Red Arrows News for 2025:
19 December 2024 - First nine-aircraft flight for the new 2025 season at RAF Waddington.
24-27 February 2025 - Red Arrows Practice at Tain Air Weapons Range, Scotland.
27 February 2025 - Red Arrows Flying Display Rehearsal over RAF Lossiemouth.
14 March 2025 - Red Arrows Flying Display Rehearsal over RAF Coningsby.
27 March 2025 - Pre-season Training in Zadar, Croatia (Exercise Springhawk).
12 April 2025 - Red Arrows return to RAF Waddington (2pm to 3pm).
Red Arrows Flying Displays & Transit Maps 2025:
May 2025
• 05 May - VE Day 80, London Flypast
• 24 May -
Chania, Crete, Greece Display
• 26 May -
Thessaloniki, Greece Display
• 30 May -
Midlands Air Festival (Alcester) Display - between 5.25 & 6pm
• 31 May -
Midlands Air Festival (Alcester) Display - between 11.55 & 12.30pm
• 31 May -
English Riviera Airshow (Torbay) Display - between 5.25 & 6pm
June 2025
• 01 June -
English Riviera Airshow (Torbay) Display - between 11.55 & 12.30pm
• 01 June -
Midlands Air Festival (Alcester) Display - between 5.25 & 6pm
• 05 June -
Isle of Man TT Races Display
• 08 June -
RAF Cosford Air Show Display
• 14 June - The King's Birthday Flypast, London Flypast
• 15 June -
Festival Aereo AIRE 25, San Javier, Murcia, Spain Display
• 21 June -
Northern Ireland Armed Forces Day (Newtownards Airfield) Display
• 22 June -
Duxford Summer Air Show Display
• 28 June -
Shuttleworth Festival of Flight (Old Warden) Display - between 3.45 & 4.20pm
• 28 June -
North East Lincolnshire Armed Forces Day (Cleethorpes) Display - between 12.25 & 1pm
• 29 June - Event to be confirmed.
• 29 June -
Battle of Britain Airshow (Headcorn) Display
July 2025
• 05 July -
Wales National Airshow (Swansea) Display
• 06 July -
Wales National Airshow (Swansea) Display
• 06 July - British Grand Prix, Silverstone Flypast
• 10 July -
Goodwood Festival of Speed Display
• 11 July -
Goodwood Festival of Speed Display
• 13 July -
Goodwood Festival of Speed Display
• 18 July -
Royal International Air Tattoo Display
• 19 July -
Royal International Air Tattoo Display
• 20 July -
Royal International Air Tattoo Display
• 21 July -
The Tall Ships Races, Aberdeen Display
• 26 July -
Swanage Carnival Display
• 26 July -
Old Buckenham Airshow Display
• 27 July -
Old Buckenham Airshow Display
August 2025
• 09 August -
Blackpool Airshow Display
• 09 August - Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Flypast
• 10 August -
Blackpool Airshow Display
• 13 August -
Falmouth Week Display - 6.15pm
• 14 August -
Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow Display
• 15 August -
Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow Display
• 16 August -
Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow Display
• 17 August -
Airbourne - Eastbourne International Airshow Display
• 20 August -
Cromer Carnival Display
• 21 August -
Clacton Airshow Display
• 22 August -
Clacton Airshow Display
• 22 August -
Sidmouth Regatta Display
• 24 August -
Roskilde Airshow, Denmark Display
• 30 August - Bucharest International Air Show Flypast
• 30 August -
Radom Airshow, Poland Display
• 31 August -
Radom Airshow, Poland Display
September 2025
• 05 September -
International Ayr Show, Scotland Display
• 06 September -
International Ayr Show, Scotland Display
• 07 September -
Great North Run, Newcastle/South Shields Display
• 10 September -
Guernsey Air Display
• 11 September -
Jersey International Air Display
• 13 September -
International Sanicole Airshow, Belgium Display
• 14 September -
International Sanicole Airshow, Belgium Display
• 20 September -
NATO Days - Ostrava, Czech Republic Display
• 21 September -
NATO Days - Ostrava, Czech Republic Display
• 27 September - Overseas Event to be confirmed.
• 28 September - Overseas Event to be confirmed.
October 2025
• 04 October -
Duxford Flying Finale Display
* Note that Red Arrows displays at RAF Families Days will not be published on this page.
Red Arrows Flypasts are in italics.
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows fly nine BAE SYSTEMS Hawk T.1 advanced trainer aircraft and are currently based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
Red Arrows Training:
The Red Arrows begin training for the forthcoming season almost as soon as the previous year has ended.
Typically, winter training starts in October, with small groups of three or four aircraft formations.
Each pilot flies three sorties a day, five days a week, and the formations grow in aircraft number as training progresses.
These flights involve a thorough brief, debrief and discussion to ensure safety is paramount and the formations are precise.
One complete cycle consisting of these elements lasts about two hours, usually with a 30-minute flight.
Winter training lasts until mid-March, when the team usually moves overseas to a location with more predictable, settled weather to maximise flying hours and perfect the display. This is known as Exercise Springhawk.
During Springhawk the team is assessed by senior Royal Air Force officers, with the aim of gaining Public Display Authority.
If this is awarded, the Squadron's pilots change from green coveralls into their famous red flying suits and the ground crew are allowed to wear their royal blue display coveralls.
The season then officially begins and public performances by the Red Arrows are permitted.
Types of Display:
There are three types of display the Team Leader can elect to fly - full, rolling or flat. To carry out a full, looping, display the base of the cloud must be above 5,500ft to avoid the aircraft entering the cloud at the top of the loop. If the cloud base is less than 5,500ft, but more than 2,500ft, the team will perform the rolling display - substituting wing-overs and rolls for the loops. And when the cloud base is below 2,500ft, the Team will fly the flat display, consisting of a series of flypasts and steep turns.
Red Arrows Team Pilots for the 2025 season:
• Red 1 - Sqn Ldr Jon Bond (Team Leader)
• Red 2 - Flt Lt Rob Thomas
• Red 3 - Flt Lt Andrew McEwen
• Red 4 - Sqn Ldr Chris McCann
• Red 5 - Flt Lt Dustin Wales
• Red 6 - Sqn Ldr Tom Hansford (Synchro Leader)
• Red 7 - Flt Lt George Hobday (Synchro 2)
• Red 8 - Flt Lt Richard Walker
• Red 9 - Flt Lt Ollie Suckling
• Red 10 - Sqn Ldr Graeme Muscat (Safety Supervisor & Commentator)
• Officer Commanding - Wing Commander Adam Collins.
There is actually a 10th Red Arrow (Safety Supervisor) who provides commentary during the display as well as flying the Red Arrows photographers and spare jet.
Red Arrows Press Releases:
• Red Arrows (Nov 2024)
Training begins for two new Red Arrows pilots.
