RAF Cosford Air Show 2024 | Airshow Dispatches S07E04

Highlights from the RAF Cosford Airshow, in a year that featured numerous debuts and a high-quality military and civilian line up.

While the highlight of the show arguably came from the French Air Force - Couteau Delta with two Mirage 2000s - the RAF themselves provided one of the biggest flying display contributions at any airshow in recent years. Types on show included the Atlas, Voyager, Tutor, K-21, Typhoon, both variants of Hawk (one flown by the Red Arrows) and the HC.5 model of the Chinook, flying at an airshow for the first time. The RAF Falcons jumped from an Atlas for the first time at a public airshow, and the RAF also debuted its new, much-anticipated F-35B Lightning role demonstration.

Civilian highlights included Navy Wings' Swordfish and Wasp, the Folland Gnat, B-17, Hurricane, Rolls Royce Heritage Flight and the Gazelle Squadron.

Video by Adam Landau. Thumbnail image by Alex Prins.