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The Red Arrows are set to perform at the Bournemouth Air Festival this weekned

Bournemouth Air Festival - full list of aircraft and timings

The Red Arrows will be performing at the Bournemouth Air Festival Display

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this week - routes and timings

The Red Arrows have a busy weekend of displays, including the Clacton Airshow

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

Two thrill-seekers have taken the ultimate selfie with the red arrows

Thrill-seekers take ultimate selfie up Blackpool Tower with Red Arrows

A Red Arrow jet has found a new home at Coneygarth Services

Red Arrow jet finds new home at Coneygarth Services

The Red Arrows have two displays this weekend

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

Here’s everywhere to see the Red Arrows this weekend

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

The Red Arrows have pulled out of their RAF Fairford Friday display due to poor weather

RAF Fairford bring in extra security ahead of Red Arrows display

The Red Arrows have a packed weekend of air displays across the country

Red Arrows set to perform at Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Trooping of the Colour is set to take place this weekend with an iconic flypast

Everything you need to know about Trooping the Colour flypast

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday, June 17

Met Office weather forecast for Trooping the Colour ceremony

This weekend will see a historic first Trooping the Colour ceremony for King Charles - but what is the Met Office forecast?

Members of the Royal family on Buckingham Palace balcony including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Image: Simon James Smith

Trooping the Colour 2023: Buckingham Palace balcony line-up

The RAF Hercules will take to the skies on Wednesday on a national fly over to mark it’s retirement from service

RAF Hercules to perform flypast over UK - where to watch

The Red Arrows have a packed schedule for June 2023

Where to watch Red Arrows displays in June 2023

The Red Arrows will only fly with eight pilots for displays in 2023

Why the Red Arrows will perform with eight pilots for 2023 displays

Crowds made their way down the Mall and towards Buckingham Palace, to greet to the new King and Queen at the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Shortly after the royal arrival on the balcony, a traditional Red Arrow flyover - which had been scaled back due to weather - brightened the rainy skies over London. (Credit: Getty Images)

Watch: Red Arrows cockpit view of King Charles Coronation Flypast

Edgar and John Dawson pictured in their RAF uniforms and in later years and (right) the TV set they built 70 years ago which their family watched the 1953 Coronation on

The Melton family who watched the 1953 Coronation on their homemade TV

The Sudanese Junior Doctors Association UK estimate that approximately 74 NHS doctors are trapped in Sudan.

Foreign NHS doctors will not be evacuated from Sudan by UK

The Red Arrows are set to make their appearance during the Coronation flypast in May

Everything you need to know about Coronation flypast

Red Arrows training in Croatia

Images released showing Red Arrows pre-season training in Croatia

The Red Arrows fly over Carrickfergus Castle in 2021. Picture by Matt Mackey / Press Eye.

Where and when the Red Arrows will display in 2023 - full list

Watch the moment an RAF Typhoon jet causes a sonic boom

The two aircraft will be up for public auction on February 3.

Two retired RAF Red Arrows aircraft up for auction - how to bid

Wing Commander David Montenegro has been suspended pending an investigation.

Red Arrows Commander David Montenegro suspended from tour

One of the former Nissen huts which stood on the Sandy Lane site which is now earmarked for housing

New development to incorporate iconic piece of Melton history

More than two thirds of adults regret not talking to their grandparents about th...

Students enjoy a visit to Melton's John Ferneley College by former pupil, Flt Lt Clark, and his crew colleagues from Puma Force, RAF Benson EMN-210930-132106001

Ex-pupil returns to Melton school in his RAF helicopter

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

Paul Heath, who is raising money for Rainbows Hospice with a 12-hour walk around Rutland Water EMN-210907-111546001

Paul prepares for gruelling challenge in memory of his brother

Rachel Huxford, director of marketing & fundraising for the RAF Association, who has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List PHOTO: Heidi Burton ABIPP EMN-210616-124930001

Proud Rachel wants to share her MBE with her RAFA team

Cadet Cpl Jessica Brown, from 1279 Melton Mowbray Squadron, the new A4 Force Elements Commanders Cadet at RAF Wittering EMN-200809-160222001

Teenager prepares for solo parachute jump for RAF charity

A RAF spokesperson explained that "Typhoon fighter aircrafts from RAF Coningsby were launched... to intercept a civilian aircraft” adding that “The aircraft was escorted safely to Stansted." (Shutterstock File Image)

A Ryanair passenger plane was intercepted by typhoon jets at Stansted Airport - ...

Harriet Smith, shows off her GCSE results - perfect 9 grades in her nine subjects EMN-200824-165806001

Asfordby GCSE student celebrates nine perfect grades

The RAF Voyager is used by the PM and members of the Royal Family for official visits. (Photo: John Stillwell -Pool Getty Images)

Almost £1m of taxpayer money will be used to paint PM and Royal Family's RAF pla...

Check out 10 of the best books out this month - including Ben Stokes' On Fire in...

This is what happened to the PPE shipment from Turkey (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why 400,000 PPE gowns from Turkey failed to meet UK safety standards

Cadet Cpl Jessica Brown, from 1279 Melton Mowbray Squadron, the new A4 Force Elements Commander’s Cadet at RAF Wittering EMN-200105-102345001

Melton air cadet ‘beyond honoured’ to win special RAF role

Ministers have insisted they are pursuing “every possible option” to secure additional equipment (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why PPE from Turkey has been delayed - and when emergency equipment will...

Melton's Battle of Britain parade 2019 - the parade marches through Leicester Street EMN-190916-134048001

Melton pays annual tribute to the ‘few’ with street parade

Melton and District Model Club veteran Ray Muse PHOTO: Tim Williams

Melton and District Model Club’s show reaching new heights

The flag-raising ceremony for Armed Forces Day outside the Melton Borough Council offices - Mayor of Melton, Councillor Malise Graham, with Sgt Melvin Whyte, who hoisted the flag EMN-190624-155426001

Melton pays tribute to our armed forces with special flag-raising ceremony

Melton and District Model Club's model show PHOTO: Steve Kenney

Melton and District Model Club's high-flying two-day model show to entertain cro...

Still plenty going on in Whissendine

Dignitaries and members of the Melton branch of RAFA at a dinner to celebrate the RAF's centenary at Scalford Hall Hotel EMN-180307-101317001

Celebratory dinner held near Melton to mark 100th birthday of the RAF

Warden Maggie Hill with resident Roger Cheese at a garden party at Wexford House in Melton to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the RAF EMN-180521-173235001

RAF veterans celebrate air force's 100th birthday at Melton garden party
Residents of a Melton sheltered housing complex for veterans of the Royal Air Force and their families have celebrated the 100th birthday of the RAF at a special garden party.

Melton in Bloom representatives Brian Hodder, Maureen Betts and Lucy Wood, with borough councillor Simon Lumley in the cemetery where they are campaigning to get graves of former servicemen cleaned up EMN-180905-150135001

Graves of Melton war heroes to be cleaned up after campaign was forged

One of Wymeswold's Duck Races PHOTO: Supplied

Go quackers for the duck and running races at Wymeswold

Brian Fare's drawing of a Bomber Command crew during the Second World War EMN-180404-150345001

Melton artist's pride as his drawing features in RAF centenary display

The commemorative 50p piece

New 50p coin to mark Battle of Britain 75th anniversary

RAF unveils 'Battle of Britain' Tyhoon fighter jet to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Battle of Britain. It was also painted with the 249 squadron ID number of the only Fighter Command pilot awarded with a Victoria Cross, Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson VC DFC. L-R Flight Lieutenant Antony Parkinson MBE, Jim Nicolson - relative of James Brindley Nicolson, Wing Commander James Heald, and Flight Lieutenant Ben Westoby-Brooks.

VIDEO: Typhoon fighter unveiled to commemorate 75th anniversary of Battle of Bri...