Red Arrows unveil three new pilots for the 2015 display season
Three new pilots will join the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, for the 2015 season......
Flight Lieutenant Thomas Bould, Flight Lieutenant Michael Bowden and Flight Lieutenant Emmet Cox will begin training with the Red Arrows later this year, ready to display as part of next season’s nine-strong team.
Flight Lieutenant Bowden, 33, joined the Royal Air Force in 2002 and has completed two operational tours of Afghanistan, flying the Tornado GR4.......
[Flight Lieutenant Bould..... 32] joined the Royal Air Force in 2005, was the Tucano display pilot in 2010 and was selected to fly the Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft. He was posted to 1(F) Squadron and during his frontline tour had several deployments to the Falkland Islands as well as exercises in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.......
Flight Lieutenant Cox, 35, was educated at Long Bay College in Auckland, New Zealand, before studying at the city’s university. He emigrated to the UK in 2001 and joined the Royal Air Force a year later. Following training, Flight Lieutenant Cox was posted to RAF Lossiemouth to fly the Tornado GR4. As a member of 617 Squadron (The Dambusters), he flew missions over Iraq. In 2010 he was chosen to become a Qualified Flying Instructor and returned to 72(R) Squadron to fly the Tucano........
The new recruits will succeed those pilots who are finishing their three-year tour with the Red Arrows at the end of the 2014 season – Flight Lieutenant Mike Child, Flight Lieutenant James McMillan and Flight Lieutenant Martin Pert.