![]() ![]() A team pilot will normally complete a three year tour of duty before going onto 'new pastures'. All 'Red Arrows' pilots use the call-signs 'Red' follows by the number of their position in the team. The team consists of nine demonstration pilots who fly Hawk T Mk 1A aircraft supported by either a C-17 Globemaster or C-130 Hercules aircraft, which carries all the spares and equipment to support at a detached operation, or a road train of coaches and articulated lorries that carry the support team and all equipment to the airshow. ![]() The 'Red Arrows' are the current Royal Air Force aerobatic display team. XX 177 - Joined the Reds in May 2010, to replace XX 253. XX 156 - Joined the Reds in April 1999 to replace XX 252. One of Gnats the Team had as a red painted spare aircraft which. The place chosen for them to go to was the RAF's Number 5 Maintenance Unit, (5MU), at RAF Kemble, also in Gloucestershire. Since in RAF at this time exist several aerobatic teams, a decision to create only one aerobatic team.
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