Queen to present RAF with Colours

Kyt · Jul 11, 2008

BBC NEWS | UK | Queen to present RAF with Colours

The Queen is due to award new Colours to the Royal Air Force at the service's largest ceremony in more than 30 years.

About 5,000 guests, including serving personnel, will attend the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

A Royal flypast involving nearly 90 RAF aircraft will take place.

Group Captain Tony Barmby, the event's project officer, said: "For most RAF personnel, involvement in such a parade is a once-in-a-career experience."

He added: "I'm very proud to have the chance to play a part."

Royal Salute

The ceremony, which takes place once every 15 years, will mark the 90th anniversary of the Royal Air Force.

The Queen's colours were last presented to the Royal Air Force in the UK at RAF Marnham, Norfolk, in 1993.

Friday's event will be the largest staged since Her Majesty conducted a Silver Jubilee review of the air force at RAF Finningley in South Yorkshire in 1977.

It will begin with a Royal Salute and a flypast by four Typhoons from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.

The Queen's Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) will escort the Queen's Colours along with other Royal Air Force Regiment squadrons and 34 Squadron RAF Regiment.
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Kitty · Jul 11, 2008

Sat and watched hits today - lovely to watch despite the BBC's inability to do an efficient outside broadcast these days

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