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Red Arrows to perform a special fly-past at the 2017 Armed Forces Day celebrations in Bucks

| May 30, 2017

Red Arrows fly-past at Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Armed Forces Day event in 2013.

At the 2017 Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Armed Forces Day on Saturday 17th June the world famous RAF aerobatic display team, the Red Arrows, will perform a special fly-past.

The Armed Forces Day celebrations in Buckinghamshire will be held at Aylesbury Rugby Club from 12.00pm to 7.00pm. A nine-strong aerobatic team will fly over the celebrations as part of HM The Queen’s Birthday fly past at Buckingham Palace.

Following the Red Arrows there will be a flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight which includes a Lancaster bomber, a Spitfire and a Hurricane fighter as well as other military aircraft including Tornadoes and Typhoons.

Later in the afternoon the skies over the rugby club will play host to a spectacular flying display featuring a range of classic planes including an ex-military YAK 52 training aircraft, a WW2 P51 Mustang, a North American Aviation Navion and a Cessna L-19 Birddog 24550. A Pitts Special will perform a programme of breath-taking aerobatics alongside a fast and furious Yak 3 Soviet fighter.

Councillor Bill Bendyshe-Brown, Buckinghamshire County Council’s Armed Forces Champion, said: ‘What a great honour it is to have the world-famous Red Arrows fly over our celebrations on 17 June, a fitting tribute to the dedication and courage of our Armed Forces here in Buckinghamshire and an extra reason, if needed, for people to come along and witness this amazing spectacle for themselves.

In addition to the air show and fly-past the event includes live music and entertainment, rides and amusements, stalls and even an attempt to break a world record for a group Swing dance.

Buckinghamshire’s Lord Lieutenant, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher encouraged everyone to come along and enjoy a fun, family day out. He said: ‘Armed Forces Day is a fantastic opportunity for us all to give thanks to the men and women who have served and are serving in our Armed Forces. They do and have done so much for us and our country so what better way to pay tribute to that than to come out and show your support on 17 June.

Sir Henry added: ‘In the light of the Shoreham tragedy in 2015, we would like to reassure local residents that our Air Display has been arranged to minimise the areas where unauthorised spectators may gather and to limit the overflying of those areas. Special warning signs will be displayed in these areas.

We would like to warn those people who wish to risk spectating at areas other than in the organised crowd enclosures at Aylesbury Rugby Club that they may place themselves in obvious danger if they try to view the display from areas such as along New Road near Weston Turville Golf Club or some of the public footpaths to the North of Aylesbury Rugby Club.

Tickets for Armed Forces Day are available to buy online at www.buckscc.gov.uk/armedforcesday where you can also find up to date information and FAQs.

Volunteers are still needed to help the day run smoothly. If you can spare a few free hours on 17 June or are able to help with the set up beforehand or clean up afterwards please get in touch with the team by email: [email protected] or call 01296 395000.

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