AN AEROBATIC display team that last performed at the Royal International Air Tattoo in 1972 are returning to Fairford this summer for the 40th anniversary of the world’s biggest military airshow.

Les Diables Rouges (The Red Devils) aerobatic display team, part of the Belgian Air Force, will be taking part in RIAT on July 16 and 17. In 1972, the two-ship team took part in the second year of airshow but five years later, the team disbanded.

However, the Red Devils have now reformed, flying SF-260 aircraft, and they plan to return to the Air Tattoo this summer.

A spokesman for the Red Devils said: “I hope our participation will serve to emphasise not only our historical links but also the enduring relationship that exists between the Belgian Air Force at the Air Tattoo.”

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