Royal International Air Tattoo 2019
The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford was held from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st July 2019. In total, 245 aircraft took part in the Air Tattoo, from 39 air arms, representing 25 nations.
This year’s themes included ‘Air & Space’ and ‘NATO 70th anniversary’. It was also the ’75th anniversary of RAF Fairford’ which was constructed in 1944, for British and American troop carriers and gliders, for the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
One of the stars of the show was the Romanian Air Force MiG-21 LanceR, another star of the show were the Spanish Navy EAV-8B Harrier IIs and also the return of the Ukranian Air Force Su-27P1M Flanker this year.