{"id":96614,"date":"2025-05-12T23:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96614\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T23:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T23:58:10","slug":"jaw-dropping-video-shows-red-arrows-practising-for-display-season-heres-when-you-can-see-them-in-shropshire-and-west-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96614\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaw-dropping video shows Red Arrows practising for display season &#8211; here&#8217;s when you can see them in Shropshire and West Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Arrows are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/features\/2024\/10\/24\/reach-for-the-skies-organisers-announce-return-of-raf-cosford-air-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set to return to the Midlands<\/a> next month, when crowds could get a glimpse of their thrilling new display.<\/p>\n<p>The precision flying team took to the skies over Evia in Greece last week as part of their &#8216;Exercise Springhawk&#8217; spring training.<\/p>\n<p>A new display is being perfected, making full use of more settled weather to add finishing touches to a show that will be seen by millions this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/c05cd712-c24e-4ad7-8194-0b5083153df2.jpg\"   alt=\"The precision flying team took to the skies over Evia island in Greece last week as part of their 'Exercise Springhawk spring training. Photo: Emily Muir\/RAF\/SWNS\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>The precision flying team took to the skies over Evia island in Greece last week as part of their &#8216;Exercise Springhawk spring training. Photo: Emily Muir\/RAF\/SWNS<\/p>\n<p>About 60 displays have been announced as part of the team\u2019s latest programme, which begins in May and includes events across each nation of the UK and several in mainland Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team are set to return to the West Midlands on June 8 for the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/features\/2024\/10\/24\/reach-for-the-skies-organisers-announce-return-of-raf-cosford-air-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAF Cosford Air Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the route over the region hasn&#8217;t yet been announced yet, in previous years the planes have taken off from RAF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/local-hubs\/north-shropshire\/shawbury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shawbury<\/a>, before passing over Baschurch, Minsterley, Dudleston Heath and Lilleshall on their way to the RAF Show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f0d9a61e-9457-437a-96f1-67fe5b99f3ad.jpg\"   alt=\"A thrilling new display is being perfected, making full use of more settled weather. Photo: Emily Muir\/RAF\/SWNS\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>A thrilling new display is being perfected, making full use of more settled weather. Photo: Emily Muir\/RAF\/SWNS<\/p>\n<p>On their return to Shawbury, the planes have previously continued south over Claverley and followed a circular route past Much Wenlock, Buildwas and Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World on the outskirts of Telford before returning to RAF Shawbury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Squadron Leader Jon Bond is leading the nine-jet team, which is based at RAF Waddington, as Red 1.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cTraining for the Red Arrows\u2019 61st season is well underway and we can\u2019t wait to display at shows this summer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/af34245d-5966-447b-87ba-0bdd798358f9.jpg\"   alt=\"About 60 displays have been announced as part of the team's latest programme. Photo: Emily Muir\/RAF\/SWNS\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"w-full max-w-none\"\/>About 60 displays have been announced as part of the team&#8217;s latest programme. Photo: Emily Muir\/RAF\/SWNS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExercise Springhawk is a crucial part of the preparations for this, allowing all parts of the team to come together \u2013 often in more settled, finer weather than at home \u2013 to further develop the new show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aim is to use these conditions to fly up to 15 sorties a week, at a range of different locations, to simulate the varied places and scenarios we\u2019ll experience this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis teamwork culminates in the Red Arrows being assessed in late May, hopefully in order to be granted Public Display Authority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Red Arrows are set to return to the Midlands next month, when crowds could get a glimpse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,10235,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-96614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-latest-videos","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114497579130615582","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}