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RNAS Yeovilton will be celebrating its 70th Anniversary in 2010 and the International Air Day on Saturday 10th July offers a justifiable opportunity to look back on the 70 glorious years since RNAS Yeovilton was commissioned as HMS Heron.

From the hectic days in 1940, when the Air Station took shape as a base for training Naval Aviators and Fighter controllers, through the Korean War and Suez crisis during the 1950’s operating Sea Furys, Sea Hawks and Sea Venoms, to the heyday of fixed wing Naval Aviation in the 1960’s and 70’s when the surrounding countryside reverberated to the sound of Sea Vixens and Phantoms, RNAS Yeovilton has grown to become one of the busiest military airfields in the United Kingdom and is amongst the largest in Europe. Yeovilton Squadrons played a key part in the Falklands Campaign in 1982 and have remained at the forefront of operations, including the Gulf War, Bosnia and Sierra Leone. Since 2007, helicopters from the Commando Helicopter Force have been deployed to Afghanistan in support of forces on the Helmand region, and the Lynx Force are equally busy in operations embarked in ships around the world, most notably engaged in high profile anti-piracy and drugs operations.

An extensive flying and static display will take place to mark this significant anniversary with historic aircraft such as the Swordfish, Seafire, Sea Fury, Sea Hawk and Sea Vixen, coming together with other vintage aircraft and their modern counterparts to highlight the role that RNAS Yeovilton Squadrons have played, and continue to play, in operations throughout the decades to the present day.

Current Aircraft Participation

(Last updated: 06/06/2010)

Royal Navy

BAE Systems Harrier GR9 (F) (Commando Assault Only)
BAE Systems Harrier GR9 (S)
Black Cats - Westland Lynx HMA8/HAS3 x 2 (F)
Royal Navy Historic Flight - Fairey Swordfish (S)
Royal Navy Historic Flight - Hawker Sea Hawk FGA6 (F)
Royal Navy Historic Flight - Hawker Sea Fury (S)
Royal Navy Historic Flight - De Havilland Chipmunk T10 (S)
Westland Sea King HU5 (S)
Westland Sea King HC4 (F/S)
Westland Sea King HAS6C (F/S)
Westland Sea King ASaC7 (S)
Westland Merlin HM1 (F/S)
Westland Lynx HMA8 (F/S)
Westland Lynx HAS3 (F/S)
Westland Lynx AH7 (F/S)
BAE Systems Jetstream T2 x 2 (F)
BAE Systems Jetstream T2 (S)
Grob Tutor T1 (S)
Westland Wessex Mk.5 (S)
Raiders Parachute Display Team(F)

Royal Air Force

Red Arrows - BAE Systems Hawk T1 x 9 (F)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - Douglas Dakota (F)
BAE Systems Harrier GR9 (F)
BAE Systems Harrier GR9 (S)
Shorts Tucano T1 (F)
Westland Sea King HAR3A (S)
BAE Systems VC10 (S)

Belgian Air Component

Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon (F)

French Air Force

Dassault Alpha Jet E (F)

French Navy

Dassault Rafale M (S)
Dassault Falcon 10MER (S)

German Air Force (Luftwaffe)

McDonnell Douglas F-4F(ICE) Phantom II (S)

German Navy (Marinefliger)

Westland Lynx Mk88 (S)
Dornier Do228 (S)

Polish Navy

PZL M28 Bryza (An-28) (S)

Royal Danish Air Force

Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon (F)

Royal Jordanian Air Force/RJ Airlines

Royal Jordanian Falcons - Extra 300L x 4 (F)

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Lockheed Martin F-16AM Fighting Falcon (F)
Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon x 2 (S)

Spanish Air Force

Patrulla Aguila - CASA C.101 Aviojet x 7 (F)

Classic Jets and Cold War Era Types

Avro Vulcan B2 (F) - VttS
De Havilland Venom FB50 (F) - Air Atlantique Classic Flight
Hawker Hunter F58/T8 (S) - Hawker Hunter Aviation
Westland Wasp (S) - Kennet Aviation
Westland Wasp (S) - Fleet Air Arm Museum
Westland Whirlwind (S) - Fleet Air Arm Museum
De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW2 (S) - Fleet Air Arm Museum
De Havilland Sea Venom (S) - Fleet Air Arm Museum
BAE Systems Sea Harrier FA2 (S) - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
Westland Wasp (S) - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
De Havilland Sea Vixen (S) (Cockpit Section) - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
Supermarine Scimitar (S) (Cockpit Section) - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
Hawker Hunter (S) (Cockpit Section) - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

Warbirds

Hawker Hurricane IIb (F) - Hangar 11
Supermarine Seafire XVII (F) - Kennet Aviation
Royal Aircraft Factory BE2b (S) - Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland EH101 (S)

Civilian

Antonov An-2 (S)
Breitling Wingwalkers - Boeing Stearman x 2 (F)
Swift Aerobatic Display Team - S-1 Swift (F)
Swift Aerobatic Display Team - PA25 Pawnee (F)
Twister Duo - SA1100 Twister x 2(F)
Boredom Fighter (S)
Dassault Falcon 20ECM (S) - FR Aviation
Pilatus PC-12 (S) FLIR Systems Ltd

CREDIT: airshows.be, Patrulla Aguila Webzine

"AIRCRAFT" - New Addtion, (F) - Flying Display, (S) - Static Display, (F/S) - Flying and Static Displays, (FP) - Flypast Only, (V) - Visiting Aircraft, (C) - Charter Aircraft, (SP) - Support Aircraft, (TBC) - To Be Confirmed, ("DAY") - Only appearing on one day