Overview
- The Red Arrows will depart Exeter Airport at 2:17 pm on Sunday, July 6, and complete the 47-minute flight to RAF Waddington by 3:04 pm.
- Their return route enters Wiltshire with a flyover of Peasedown-St-John at 2:31 pm before passing Bradford on Avon, Melksham and Calne en route to Cirencester.
- They will cross into Oxfordshire for passes over Tackley at 2:43 pm and Ardley at 2:44 pm ahead of a 2:46 pm highlight flypast at Silverstone.
- On Friday evening the team flew from RAF Waddington at 6:08 pm to Exeter, treating Oxfordshire towns including Chipping Norton, Abingdon and Henley to a timed transit.
- These displays form part of the RAF’s summer airshow circuit supporting defence outreach and showcasing the Hawk T1 fleet scheduled for retirement by 2030.