Red Arrows lead Trooping the Colour flypast over Buckingham Palace

cultureJun 13, 202628259

The RAF Red Arrows led the King’s birthday flypast over Buckingham Palace, flying in formation with four F-35B Lightning jets as King Charles, Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and their children watched from the palace balcony. A 41-gun salute marked the ceremony and the Red Arrows' coloured smoke trails stayed visible across west London, enabling photographs. The display coincided with Ministry of Defence figures showing 14 of the RAF's 24 Hawk T1 jets have logged more than 80 percent of their fatigue life, highlighting equipment pressures on the aerobatic team. Trooping the Colour celebrates the monarch's official birthday and this year's flypast paired historic pageantry with modern military capability.

Neon Genesis Ewangelion

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One positive of living in Fulham is that when Trooping the Colour happens you can watch the Lancaster, Chinooks and Red Arrows fly past from your garden while drinking a coffee and petting a dog

953h ago

Neon Genesis Ewangelion15

I have no idea what the point of Trooping the Colour actually is beyond giving the city a big ol' noisy flypast, and I honestly don't care. Doesn't feel like an important or fun bit of history beyond being what made me want to be a Red Arrow pilot when I was 8

UK Defence Journal

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Fourteen of the twenty-four Hawk T1 jets still on the books of the Royal Air Force have used up more than eighty per cent of their fatigue index, the Ministry of Defence has said. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/red-arrows-hawk-t1-fleet-running-low-on-fatigue-life/

1121h ago

Ben Baker

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Its Trooping the Colour day. Did you troop yours? I bet you did, you dirty bollocks.

135h ago

The Court Jeweller (Lauren Kiehna)

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It's that time again, everybody: the King's very merry un-birthday has been celebrated with a bejeweled parade during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London!

132h ago

ianVisits

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The Red arrows and F-35B Lightnings in formation for the Trooping the Colour flypast.

122h ago

Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦

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Huge fan of the Queen's Grenadier Guards costume for Trooping the Colour, with superb Philip Treacy abstract beret. The gilded grenade cockade perched perfectly. Delightfully 18th Century.

122h ago

🎩KinkBikerLad 🐾DogMaverick 🤖Drone791

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Good morning world from Lincoln The Red Arrows were practicing last night

88h ago

Dame Agnes Guano

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For those of you who missed Trooping the Colour earlier today, this year's colour was 'heliotrope'.

74h ago

Loppi

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Happened to be in the park when the Red Arrows flew over

73h ago

Simon Bisson

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The Trooping the Colour flypast heads out over the west of London, and this year the Red Arrows' smoke stayed on long enough for photographs as they came past in formation with four F-35s... #troopingthecolour #flypast #redarrows

Nine red jet aircraft trailing white smoke with four grey jets following on behind, all against a blue sky.

63h ago

Mrs Nash

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Watching Trooping The Colour. This is my late Uncle. His father (my Grandfather) was bandmaster of the 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment and the RAMC.

75h ago

Some Bloke in a Hat

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Can't help but think Trooping the Colour would be more entertaining* if a small overexcited dog suddenly appeared. Mind, I think this for most events. *I know it isn't meant to be entertaining.

74h ago