Royal International Air Tatoo 2022 (RIAT 2022) departure day, RAF Fairford

Boeing E-4B 73-1676 1st ACCS USAF, RIAT 2022 RAF Fairford
Boeing E-4B 73-1676 1st ACCS USAF departure to his home base Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska USA | Rob Vogelaar

A heat wave ravaged the united kingdom over the weekend of the Royal International Air Tatoo 2022 with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. As usual, we head to departure day, where in a 5 hours almost all planes leave for their home base.

Highlights Portuguese Epsilons, retro-scheme Canadian Polaris, Japanese C-2, Swedish Historical Flight with their Lances, Dragons and Viggen, Omani C-295M Persuader, the United States Air Force E-4B ‘Nightwatch ‘, Hungarian Hinds, Lithuanian Dauphin, Bahraini Hercules (the 57th country to attend the Air Tattoo), Estonian M28 Skytruck, Romanian An-30 Clank, brand new Kuwaiti Typhoon (from the Caselle factory, Italy) and two Qatari Hawks.

Photos Rob Vogelaar