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Pictures from the Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, July 15th - 16th 2006.
BELOW: Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16AM.
BELOW: Agusta-Bell Sioux AH1, Army Air Corps Historic Aircraft Flight.
BELOW: Westland Lynx HMA8s of the Royal Navy's Black Cats display team.
BELOW: Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet.
BELOW: Hercules C3 in "40 Years of RAF Service" livery.
BELOW: RAF Hercules C5.
BELOW: Swedish Air Force JAS39A Gripen.
BELOW: German Tornado.
BELOW: F-15C Eagle from the USAF West Coast Demo Team, in formation with a P-51C/D Mustang from The Fighter Collection at Duxford.
BELOW: Hurricane IIc, Spitfire and Avro Lancaster I from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
BELOW: Hawker Hurricane Mk I.
BELOW: Dassault Mirage 2000C RDI.
BELOW: Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor, of the US Marine Corps. You have to see this aircraft up-close to appreciate just how strange it looks - there's something about the shapes and the odd sheen of the surface that gives it a real "Terminator" feel.
BELOW: Boeing B-52H Stratofortress
BELOW: Hawk with RAF "90th Anniversary" markings.
BELOW: Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon in the smoke from a low pass by the Patrulla Águila.
BELOW: Pakistan Air Force C-130B with a special paint scheme expressing thanks for the international support following the earthquake in 2005. Pity about the spelling mistake - the message reads "WE ARE GREATFUL FOR THE GLOBAL SUPPORT".
BELOW: Spanish Air Force Patrulla Águila display team, flying CASA C-101EB Aviojets. The first picture shows their signature formation take-off.
BELOW: The Swiss Patrouille Suisse display team, flying Northrop F-5E Tiger IIs.
BELOW: Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon.
BELOW: Spanish Air Force CN235M and USMC C-130.
BELOW: The RAF Red Arrows display team.
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