A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) EA-18G Growler fires flares during a display at the Australian International Airshow in Avalon on March 26, 2025. (Photo by William West/AFP Photo)





The Red Arrows early April 2025 have been practising their displays over Biograd, Croatia, where the display team can finesse their routines in stable weather conditions. (Photo by AS1 Iwan Lewis/RAF/South West News Service)





Qatari airforce escorts the plane transporting US President Donald Trump as it prepares to land in Doha from Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025. Trump touched down at Hamad International Airport in Doha, with relations between the two governments in the spotlight over Qatar's offer to Trump of a $400 million luxury aircraft to serve as a new Air Force One and then pass into his personal use. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP Photo)





The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly in formation after being refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 54th Air Refueling Squadron (ARS) over Texas, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jonah Bliss)





Australian Defence personal exit an RAAF C-17A Globemaster during a ADF showcase at the Avalon Australian International Airshow at Avalon Airport on March 25, 2025 in Avalon, Australia. The show, which runs through March 30, is set to be the largest aviation event in the Southern Hemisphere, featuring both industry trade days and a public airshow. The event will showcase a wide range of aircraft, from historic warbirds to cutting-edge military jets, along with over 700 exhibitors from the aerospace, aviation, and defence sectors, offering visitors a unique opportunity to experience the latest in global aviation technology and thrilling aerial displays. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)





Specialists operators at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, in Cosford, near Telford, Shropshire, UK clean and maintain a suspended aircraft during the annual high-level aircraft cleaning within the museum's national Cold War exhibition on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)





Roulettes PC-21 of the Royal Australian Air Force perform in formation as part of their aerobatic display during the Australian International Airshow in Avalon, Australia on March 25, 2025. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Reuters)





SOLOTURK, the demonstration team of the Turkish Armed Forces, performs as part of the activities held for the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign, over the Martyrs' Monument in Canakkale, Turkiye on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Mehmet Emin Menguarslan/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A fighter jet with the Royal Australian Air Force releases flares during an air show in Avalon, Australia, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)





The picture dated April 9, 2025 shows the RAF Typhoon leaving incredible rainbow trails of vapour in the blue sky as it practises over RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, UK ahead of this year's airshows. Squadron Leader Nathan Sawyer was seen putting the plane through its paces at 1500ft. (Photo by Caroline Haycock/Bav Media)





The Red Arrows soar above the French Alps on their way to Croatia on March 27, 2025 to train for the 2025 display season. (Photo by Iwan Lewis/Royal Air Force/CMG)





A Royal Navy Merlin helicopter on April 24, 2025 flies over the Cornish countryside to join the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, which is starting an eight-month deployment leading a multi-national fleet. (Photo by Richard Pohle/Times Media Ltd)





Qatari fighter jets accompany Air Force One carrying President Donald Trump en route to Doha, Qatar, on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)





The picture dated May 14, 2025 shows the RAF Typhoon display pilot, Squadron Leader Nathan Shawyer, who has now completed his Public Display Authorisation, rehearsing over RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, UK ahead of this year's airshows. The RAF Typhoon display team will be participating in several airshows this year, including the Midlands Air Festival on May 30 and the English Riviera Airshow in Paignton Devon on May 31. (Photo by Claire Hartley/Bav Media)





Jets from the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, bottom, and the Italian Frecce Tricolori acrobatic squad perform a flypast over Rome to mark the state visit of Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Photo by Iwan Lewis/RAF, Ministry of Defence via AP Photo)