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the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team: The Red Arrows

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The Royal Air Force Aerobatic team, commonly know as the Red Arrows, are the world's premier formation display team.  The team represent the United Kingdom's best pilots with their amazing aerobatic displays each summer, flying precise formations with their hawk aircraft barely nine feet apart.

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Demonstrating the performance of their Hawk aircraft, the pilots are among the most experienced among the RAF, and their displays are seen around the world each year.

This site, while not the official site for the Reds, features commentary on the team's displays, critical review and descriptions of their formations over the last few years, and a few thoughts about how future display seasons might develop.  There are also plenty of images of displays, the aircraft and the formations too.  

For more pictures of the team, see the formations, grouped as line abreast, tight, wide, gap, and long.