Royal International Air Tattoo confirms aircraft that visitors can see at the 2025 show

The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) has unveiled the aircraft that visitors will be able to catch a glimpse of when they attend this year's show.

The world's largest military airshow, which is held at RAF Fairford, will play host to the Royal Air Force's Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, returning to the air after it was temporarily grounded following the death of Squadron Leader Mark Long.

The Red Arrows, who have revealed their 2025 schedule, will also be appearing at the air tattoo among the 18 hours of sensational flying displays.

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RIAT, which is being held from 18-20 July, has been produced under the theme of Eyes in the Skies.

The theme will honour the crucial role aviation plays across domains of aerial surveying, airborne early warning, maritime patrol, search and rescue, reconnaissance, signals intelligence and surveillance.

Airborne surveillance has become an important part of modern warfare as personnel rely on good intelligence to do their jobs effectively across all three services.

Visitors will be able to see a Sikorsky HKP16 Black Hawk in the air and on display during the tattoo, brought by the Swedish Air Force.

Several air forces from Europe and the Middle East will be turning up at the event, including the Belgian Air Component, Czech Air Force, Finnish Air Force, German Army, Hungarian Air Force, Royal Jordanian Air Force, Lithuanian Air Force, Spanish Air & Space Force, and Swedish Air Force.

The event welcomes close to 170,000 visitors to RAF Fairford each year.

Full list of aircraft at RIAT 2025:

Belgian Air Component

Airbus A400M Atlas – 20 Squadron – static

General Dynamics F-16BM Fighting Falcon – Operational Conversion Unit – static

Civilian

Bell UH-10 Iroquois – Commercial Helicopter Services GMBH – static

Britten-Norman BN-2B Islander – Channel Islands Air Search – static

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina – Plane Sailing – static

Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior – Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd – static

Piaggio P.116C – I Fenicotteri – static

Rheims-Cessna F152 – Halton Aero Club – static

Supermarine Spitfire FR.XIV – Fighter Aviation Engineering Ltd – static

Westland Whirlwind HAR10 – Historic Helicopters – static

Westland Wessex HU5 – Historic Helicopters – static

Hawker Hunter T.72 – Hawker Hunter Aviation – static

Czech Air Force

Aero Vodochody L-159 Alca – 212 Tacticka  Letka – static

Casa C-295 – 242 Transportní Speciální Letka – support

Let L-410FG Turbolet – 242 Transportní Speciální  Letka – static

PZL-Swidnik W-3A Sokol – 243 Vrtulníkovou Letka – flying

Finnish Air Force

McDonnell Douglas F/18C Hornet – Hävllv 11 – flying

German Army

Nhindstries NH90 TTH – Trsphubschrrgt 10 – flying and static

Hungarian Air Force

Airbus Helicopter H225M - Szállitó Helikopter Zászlóalj – static

Royal Jordanian Air Force

Extra 330LX (x4)– Royal Jordanian Falcons – flying

Lockheed C-130H Hercules – 3 Squadron – static

Lithuanian Air Force

Airbus Helicopters AS365N3+ Dauphin - Sraigtasparniu Eskadrilé – static

Portuguese Air Force

Leonardo AW101 Merlin - Esquadra 751 – flying

Royal Air Force

Avro Lancaster – Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – flying

Hawker Hurricane – Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – flying

BAE Systems Hawk T.1 (x9) –Royal Air Force aerobatic team – flying

BAE Systems Typhoon FGR.4 – 29 Squadron/RAF Typhoon display team – flying

Supermarine Spitfire – Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – flying

Spanish Air & Space Force

Eurofighter C.16 Tifon – flying

Sikorsky S-76C – Ala 49 – static

Swedish Air Force

Sikorsky HKP16 Black Hawk – 2.Hkpskv – static and flying