The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, return for the 2026 Display Season. As well as displays and flypasts in Europe, the team will complete a short tour to the USA in June/July to mark the USA250 celebrations and the enduring relationship between the two countries.

The 2026 team consist of

  • Red 1 – Wing Commander Jon Bond
  • Red 2 – Flight Lieutenant Matt Brighty
  • Red 3 – Flight Lieutenant Christopher Deen
  • Red 4 – Flight Lieutenant Rob Thomas
  • Red 5 – Flight Lieutenant Andrew McEwan
  • Red 6 – Flight Lieutenant George Hobday
  • Red 7 – Flight Lieutenant Ollie Suckling
  • Red 8 – Squadron Leader Chris McCann
  • Red 9 – Flight Lieutenant Dustin Wales
  • Red 10 – Squadron Leader Stuart Roberts
  • OC RAFAT/Red 11 – Wing Commander Sasha Nash

The team will perform at the following events:

May

  • 24th – 85th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, Old Harbour of Chania, Crete, Greece
  • 29th-30th – English Riviera Airshow, Paignton, Devon
  • 30th-31st – Midlands Air Festival, Alcester, Warwickshire

June

  • 4th – Isle of Man TT Races, Douglas, Isle of Man
  • 6th – Gassed on Track, Silverstone, Northamptonshire
  • 13th – King’s Birthday Flypast, London
  • 14th – RAF Cosford Air Show, Shropshire
  • 27th-28th – Sail 250 Maryland Fleet Week & Fly Over Baltimore, Maryland, USA

July

  • 4th – USA250 International Aerial Review, New York, USA
  • 5th-6th – FourLeaf Air Show at Jones Beach Park 2026, Wantagh, New York, USA
  • 11th-12th – Great State of Maine Air Show, Brunswick, Maine, USA
  • 17th-19th – Thunder Over Michigan 2026, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
  • 24th-26th – EAA Airventure 2026, Oskkosh, Wisconsin, USA

August

  • 14th-16th – Airbourne, Eastbourne International Airshow, East Sussex
  • 15th – Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Flypast, Scotland
  • 16th – Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week, Dorset
  • 19th – Cromer Carnival, Norfolk
  • 20th –  National Air & Space Camp, RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire
  • 22nd-23rd – Jubileumsflygdagar Flygvapnet 100 år, Malmen AB, Linköping, Sweden
  • 27th-28th – Clacton Airshow, Essex
  • 28th – Sidmouth Regatta Airshow, Devon
  • 29th-30th – Southport Airshow, Lancashire

September

  • 4th-5th – The International Ayr Show – Festival of Flight, Ayr, South Ayrshire
  • 9th – Guernsey Air Display, Channel Islands
  • 10th – Jersey International Air Display, Channel Islands
  • 12th – Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show, IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire
  • 13th – TBA
  • 19th-20th – NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days, Ostrava Leoš Janáček Airport, Czech Republic
  • 26th-27th – Le Touquet Paris-Plage International Airshow, Le Touquet – Elizabeth II International Airport & Le Touquet Paris-Plage, France

October

  • 3rd – IWM Duxford Flying Finale, Cambridgeshire