Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 highlights

Published on: July 24, 2014 at 1:00 PM

Here are some of the highlights of RAF Fairford’s Royal International Air Tattoo 2014.

Even though the F-35B Lightning II aircraft could not cross the Pond to take part in the world’s biggest military airshow, the Royal International Air Tattoo 2014 at RAF Fairford, UK, Jul. 17 – 19 did not fail to attract some interesting visitors.

Here are some of those military aircraft and display teams, shot during their demo flights, arrival or departure, by photographer Estelle Calleja.

A-7 HAF

Last Greek’s A-7 Special Color “Olympus”

 

AH-64 Apache

Army Air Corps AH-64 Apache

 

AMX

Italian Air Force AMX ACOL

 

C-27J

Italian Air Force C-27J

 

F-16 BAF

Belgian Air Force F-16 Demo

 

Frecce Tricolori

Frecce Tricolori aerobatic demo team

 

ItAF Typhoon

Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon

 

Patrouille de France

Patrouille de France

 

Patrouille Suisse

Patrouille Suisse

 

SAF F-18

Swiss Air Force F/A-18

 

Solo Turk

Turkish Air Force F-16 demo “Solo Türk”

 

SpAF Hornet

Spanish Air Force F/A-18

 

Su-22

Polish Air Force Su-22

 

Super Hornet

Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet

All images by Estelle Calleja

 

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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