After a two-year absence caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022 is finally just around the corner and celebrating the 75th anniversary of the US Air Force, it’s sure to be an amazing few days!
Tickets for Europe’s largest military airshow have already sold out for Saturday with a few left for Friday and Sunday so if you want to go, be quick.
So what will you see, here is the list of both flying and static aircraft confirmed to be attending.
Tickets for the event can be bought here Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises – Tickets and Hospitality (airtattoo.com)
UK Aviation News will be there covering the event will a full review and photos coming early next week.
Confirmed Aircraft
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
|---|---|---|
| AUSTRIA – AUSTRIAN AIR FORCE | Flying or Static | |
| Eurofighter EF2000 (x2) | Überwachungsgeschwader | F |
| Lockheed C-130K Hercules | Lufttransportstaffel | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| BELGIUM – BELGIAN AIR COMPONENT | ||
| General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon | Belgian F-16 Solo Display | F |
| General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon (x2) | 349 Squadron | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| BRAZIL – BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Embraer KC-390 Millennium | 1° Grupo de Transporte de Tropa | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| CANADA – ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Airbus CC-150T Polaris | 437 Squadron | S |
| Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules | 426 Squadron | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| CIVILIAN | ||
| Agusta A109 | QinetiQ | F SUPPORT |
| Agusta AW109SP | Private Operator | F VISITOR |
| Airbus Helicopters H175M | Airbus Helicopters | S |
| Alpi Aviation P300 | Fly Fano Team | S |
| Alpi Aviation Pioneer 200 (x2) | Fly Fano Team | S |
| American General AG-5B Tiger | Private Operator | S |
| Asso Aerei (x3) | Fly Fano Team | S |
| Auster AOP6 | Private Operator | S |
| Auster AOP9 | Private Operator | S |
| BAC Jet Provost T5 | Private Operator | S |
| Beechcraft 200 Super King Air | 2Excel Aviation | S |
| Beechcraft AT-6 Wolverine | Textron Aviation | S |
| Bell Sioux AH1 | Historic Army Aircraft Flight | S |
| Boeing 727-2S2F | 2Excel Aviation | S |
| Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress | B-17 Preservation Ltd | S |
| Bombardier Global Express (ISR) | Raytheon | S |
| British Aerospace Avro RJ100 | QinetiQ | S |
| Canadair CL-13B Sabre | Mistral Warbirds | S |
| Cessna 172RG Cutlass | Fly Fano Team | S |
| Cessna Grand Caravan EX | Textron Aviation | S |
| Cessna O-1 Bird Dog | O-1 Aviation Ltd | S |
| Cessna O-2 Skymaster | Postbellum Foundation | S |
| Cessna TP.103 Citation | Swedish Air Force Historic Flight | F SUPPORT |
| Cirrus SR22T | Private Operator | S |
| Comco Ikarus C42 | RAF Rapid Capabilities Office | S |
| De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide | Scillonia Airways | VISITOR |
| Douglas A-4N Skyhawk | Top Aces | S |
| Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano | Embraer | S |
| Embraer ERJ-145 | BAE Systems | VISITOR |
| Evektor EV-97 Eurostar | RAF Microlight Flying Association | S |
| Extra 300LP (x4) | 2Excel Aviation / The Blades | F |
| Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru | Private Operator | VISITOR |
| Hawker Hunter T72 | Hawker Hunter Aviation | S |
| Ikarus C42 (x3) | AirBourne Aviation | S |
| Ikarus C42B | RAF Microlight Flying Association | S |
| Leonardo AW139 | QinetiQ | S |
| Leonardo AW149 | Leonardo Helicopters | F |
| Leonardo AW189 | Bristow | S |
| Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard | Bremont Watch Company | S |
| Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard | Private Operator | S |
| North American P-47D Thunderbolt | Ultimate Fighters | S |
| North American P-51D Mustang | Flying Legends GmbH | S |
| North American P-51D Mustang | Rolls-Royce Heritage Flight | S |
| Pilatus PC-24 | Pilatus | S |
| Pilatus PC-7 MKX | Pilatus | S |
| Piper L-4H Grasshopper | Private Operator | S |
| Piper PA-18 Super Cub | Private Operator | S |
| Piper PA-28 Archer II | Private Operator | S |
| Piper PA-28 Cherokee | Flying Scholarships for Disabled People | S |
| Piper PA-31 Navajo | 2Excel Aviation | S |
| Pipistrel Velis Electro (x2) | Fly About Aviation / ELBIT Systems | S |
| Reims-Cessna F152 | Halton Aero Club | S |
| Reims-Cessna FR172H | AKS Aviation | S |
| Robinson R44 | Private Operator | F |
| SAAB J-32B Lansen | Swedish Air Force Historic Flight | S |
| SAAB Sk35C Draken | Swedish Air Force Historic Flight | S |
| SAAB Sk37E Viggen | Swedish Air Force Historic Flight | S |
| Scottish Aviation Bulldog T1 | Private Operator | S |
| Sikorsky S-92A | Bristow | S |
| Slingsby T67M-260 Firefly | Anglo Europe Aviation Limited | S |
| Supermarine Spitfire MK.XIX | Rolls-Royce Heritage Flight | F |
| Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIE | Suffolk Spitfire Ltd | S |
| Tecnam P2002JF Sierra | Halton Aero Club | S |
| Tecnam P2008JC | RAF Waddington Flying Club | S |
| Tecnam P-92 Echo | Fly Fano Team | S |
| Trago Mills SAH-1 | Aerial Vocations ltd | S |
| Westland Gazelle HT2 | Gazelle Squadron | F SUPPORT |
| Westland Gazelle HT3 | Gazelle Squadron | S |
| Westland Gazelle HT3 | Nova Systems | S |
| Westland Sea King HAR3 | Historic Helicopters | S |
| Westland Wessex HU5 | Historic Helicopters | S |
| Yakovlev Yak-52 | Team Phoenix | |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| CZECH REPUBLIC – CZECH REPUBLIC AIR FORCE | ||
| Aero Vodochody L-159A ALCA | 212 Taktcká Letka | S |
| Mil Mi-171 Hip | 222 Vrtulníkovou Letka | F |
| Mil Mi-24 Hind | 221 Vrtulníkovou Letka | F |
| PZL W-3 Sokol | 243 Vrtulníkovou Letka | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| DENMARK – ROYAL DANISH AIR FORCE | ||
| SAAB T-17 Supporter (x6) | Baby Blue Display Team / Flyveskolen | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| ESTONIA – ESTONIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| PZL M28 Skytruck | 1. Eskadrill | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| FINLAND – FINNISH AIR FORCE | ||
| British Aerospace Hawk Mk.51 | HävLLv 41 | F |
| CASA C-295M | Satakunnan Lennosto | F SUPPORT |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| FRANCE – FRENCH AIR AND SPACE FORCE | ||
| Pilatus PC-21 (x2) | Mustang X-Ray Tactical Display | F |
| FRANCE – FRENCH NAVY | ||
| Embraer Xingu | Flottille 28F | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| GERMANY – GERMAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Airbus A340 | FBS BMVg | S |
| Airbus A400M | Lufttransportgeschwader 62 | S |
| Airbus Helicopters H145M LUH SOF | Hubschraubergeschwader 64 | S |
| Eurofighter EF2000 | Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 73 | S |
| Panavia Tornado IDS (x2) | Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 51 | S |
| Sikorsky CH-53G | Hubschraubergeschwader 64 | S |
| GERMANY – GERMAN ARMY AVIATION | ||
| NH90 TTH | TrspHubschrRgt 10 | S |
| NH90 TTH | TrspHubschrRgt 10 | F |
| GERMANY – GERMAN NAVY | ||
| Lockheed P-3C Orion | Marinefliegergeschwader 3 | S |
| Westland Sea Lynx Mk.88A | Marinefliegergeschwader 5 | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| GREECE – HELLENIC AIR FORCE | ||
| Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon | Zeus Demo Team | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN – ROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Extra 330LX (x4) | Royal Jordanian Falcons | F |
| Lockheed C-130H Hercules | 3 Squadron, Airlift Wing | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| HUNGARY – HUNGARIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Airbus A319-112 | Szallitó Repülöszázad | F SUPPORT |
| Mil Mi-24P Hind | 86th Helicopter Wing | F |
| Mil Mi-24P Hind | 86th Helicopter Wing | S |
| SAAB JAS-39C Gripen | 59th Tactical Wing | S |
| SAAB JAS-39C Gripen | 59th Tactical Wing | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| IRELAND – IRISH AIR CORPS | ||
| Pilatus PC-12 | 104 Squadron | S |
| Pilatus PC-9M (x4) | Silver Swallows Display Team | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| ITALY – ITALIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Aermacchi MB-339PAN (x10) | ‘Frecce Tricolori Display Team / 313° Gruppo | F |
| Aermacchi T-339A | 61° Stormo | S |
| AMX A-11B Ghibli | 51° Stormo | S |
| Eurofighter F-2000A Typhoon | 311° Gruppo | F |
| Leonardo C-27J Spartan | 311° Gruppo | F |
| Leonardo T-346A Master | 311° Gruppo | F |
| Leonardo T-346A Master | 61° Stormo | S |
| Piaggio P.180AM Avanti | 311° Gruppo | F SUPPORT |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| KUWAIT – KUWAIT AIR FORCE | ||
| Eurofighter Typhoon | Operational Conversion Unit | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| LITHUANIA – LITHUANIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin | Sraigtasparniu Eskadrile | S |
| Leonardo C-27J Spartan | Transporto Eskadrile | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | S |
| OMAN – ROYAL AIR FORCE OF OMAN | ||
| CASA C-295MPA Persuader | 2 Squadron | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| POLAND – POLISH NAVY | ||
| PZL M28B Bryza 1R | ‘Gdynska’ Brygada | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | S |
| PORTUGAL – PORTUGUESE AIR FORCE | ||
| Socata TB30 Epsilon (x2) | Esquadra 101 | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| REPUBLIC OF KOREA – REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE | ||
| KAI T-50B Golden Eagle (x8) | 53rd Air Demonstration Group | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| ROMANIA – ROMANIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Antonov An-30 Clank | Escadrila 902 | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC – SLOVAKIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Leonardo C-27J Spartan | 46. Krídlo Kuchyna | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| SLOVENIA – SLOVENIAN AIR FORCE | ||
| Pilatus PC-9M | 152 Letalska Eskadrilja | F |
| Pilatus PC-9M | 152 Letalska Eskadrilja | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| SPAIN – SPANISH AIR FORCE | ||
| CASA C-295M | Ala 35 | F SUPPORT |
| McDonnell Douglas EF-18A+ Hornet | Ala 15 | F |
| McDonnell Douglas EF-18B Hornet | Ala 15 | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| STATE OF QATAR – QATAR EMIRI AIR FORCE | ||
| BAE Systems Hawk Mk.167 | 11 Squadron | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| STRATEGIC AIRLIFT CAPABILITY – SAC | ||
| Boeing C-17A Globemaster III | Heavy Airlift Wing | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| SWEDEN – SWEDISH AIR FORCE | ||
| Lockheed TP.84 Hercules | TSFE | F SUPPORT |
| SAAB JAS-39C Gripen | Skaraborg Wing (F7) | F |
| SAAB JAS-39D Gripen | Skaraborg Wing (F7) | S |
| SAAB SK.60 | Luftstridsskolan | S |
| SAAB SK.60 | Luftstridsskolan | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| SWITZERLAND – SWISS AIR FORCE | ||
| McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet | Swiss Hornet Display Team | F |
| Pilatus PC-7 (x9) | Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team | F |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| THE NETHERLANDS – ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE | ||
| General Dynamics F-16AM Fighting Falcon (x2) | 312 Squadron | S |
| NH90 NFH | 860 Squadron | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| UNITED KINGDOM – ROYAL AIR FORCE | ||
| Airbus Atlas C1 | 30 Squadron | S |
| Airbus Helicopters Juno HT1 (x2) | 1 Flying Training School | S |
| Airbus Helicopters Jupiter HT1 | 1 Flying Training School | S |
| Airbus Helicopters Puma HC2 (x2) | 33/230 Squadron | S |
| Avro Lancaster | RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight | F |
| BAE Systems Hawk T1 (x7) | RAF Red Arrows | F |
| BAE Systems Hawk T2 | 25 Squadron | S |
| Beechcraft Texan T1 | 72 Squadron | S |
| Boeing Chinook HC6A | RAF Chinook Display Team / 27 Squadron | F |
| Boeing Poseidon MRA1 | 120 Squadron | S |
| Embraer Phenom T1 | 45 Squadron | S |
| Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 | 1 Squadron | S |
| Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 | 12 Squadron | S |
| Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 | RAF Typhoon Display Team / 29 Squadron | F |
| Grob Prefect T1 (x2) | 57 Squadron | S |
| Grob Tutor T1 (x2) | Oxford University Air Squadron | S |
| Grob Viking T1 | Central Gliding School | S |
| Hawker Hurricane | RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight | F |
| Lockheed Hercules C5 | 47 Squadron | S |
| Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II | 617 Squadron | F |
| Supermarine Spitfire | RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight | F |
| UNITED KINGDOM – ROYAL NAVY | ||
| Beechcraft Avenger T1 | 750 Naval Air Squadron | S |
| Leonardo Merlin HM2 | 814 Naval Air Squadron | S |
| Leonardo Wildcat AH1 | 847 Naval Air Squadron | S |
| Leonardo Wildcat HMA2 | 825 Naval Air Squadron | S |
| AIRCRAFT TYPE | SQUADRON/UNIT | |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – US AIR FORCE | ||
| Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey | 7th Special Operations Squadron | F |
| Bell Boeing CV-22B Osprey | 7th Special Operations Squadron | S |
| Boeing B-52H Stratofortress | 23rd Bomb Squadron | S |
| Boeing B-52H Stratofortress | 96th Bomb Squadron | F |
| Boeing E-4B | 595th Command and Control Group | S |
| Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker | 351st Air Refuelling Squadron | S |
| Boeing KC-46A Pegasus | 514th Air Mobility Wing | S |
| Lockheed Martin F-16CM Fighting Falcon | 555th Fighter Squadron | S |
| Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II | 495th Fighter Squadron | S |
| Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II | 67th Special Operations Squadron | S |
| Lockheed U-2S | 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron | S |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle | 492nd Fighter Squadron | S |
| McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle | 494th Fighter Squadron | S |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – US NAVY | ||
| Boeing P-8A Poseidon | Patrol Squadron 46 | S |