Personally No, they are dinosaurs left over from a past culture, and their displays no matter what they call their new formations are the same dull repetitive stuff just regurgitate year in year out.
Even their "World sales tours on behalf of British industry is now past its day, the world has moved on from the Hawk, it is old and no longer a world leader.
It is a sad indictment that when you go the the RAF's only official airshow they can only managed to rustle up flying wise, the Reds, a few Tutors, a lone Chinook, a lone Typhoon and a Tucano...
Participating aircraft:
(F)=Flying Display, (S)=Static Display
Royal Air Force
• Red Arrows (F)
• BBMF Lancaster, Spitfire & Hurricane (F)
• RAF Chinook (F)
• RAF Typhoon FGR4 (F)
• RAF Falcons (F)
• Tucano T1 (F)
• Tucano T1 (S)
• Tutor T1 (F)
• Tutor T1 (S)
• Prefect T1 (S)
• Viking T1 (S)
• BAE System Tempest (Mock Up) (S)
• BAE Systems Hawk T1 - Defence School (S)
• BAE Harrier GR9 - Defence School (S)
• Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 - Defence School (S)
• Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3 - RAF Museum (S)
• Panavia Tornado F3 - Defence School (S)
• Panavia Tornado GR4 - Defence School (S)
• SEPECAT Jaguar GR3 - Defence School (S)
• Juno HT1 (S)
• Westland Puma HC2 (S)
• Westland Wessex HC2 (S)
• Percival Provost T1 - RAF Museum (S)
• Percival Jet Provost T1 - RAF Museum (S)
• de Havilland Devon C1 - RAF Museum (S)
• Gloster Gladiator I - RAF Museum (S)
• Percival Pembroke C1 - RAF Museum (S)
• Supermarine Spitfire XIX - RAF Museum (S)
A Military Airshow was or is there to show the RAF's capabilities to the people paying for them and as a recruiting aid, while raising monies for worthwhile charities, so you do have to ask where was the following, indeed they managed to provide a Juno to fly red 10 back to Shawbury but not one to show it off to the public, though it was seen arriving and departing.
Attack
- General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper
- General Atomics MQ-9B Protector RG.1
Fighter
- Typhoon FGR.4
- Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning
Trainer helicopter
- Airbus Helicopters Jupiter HT.1
- Airbus Helicopters Juno HT.1
Utility helicopter
- Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma HC.2
- Leonardo AW109SP GrandNew
- Bell Griffin HAR.2
Reconnaissance
- Beechcraft Shadow R.1
- Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW.1
- Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint
- Raytheon Sentinel R.1
Trainer
- Beechcraft Super King Air
- Grob Viking T.1
- Typhoon T.3
- Grob Prefect T.1
Transport
- Airbus Voyager KC.2/KC.3
- Airbus A400M Atlas C.1
- Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
- BAe 146 CC.2/C.3
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules C.4/C.5