Red Arrows lead Trooping the Colour flypast over Buckingham Palace

cultureJun 13, 202637452

The RAF Red Arrows led the King’s birthday flypast over Buckingham Palace, flying in tight formation alongside four F-35B Lightning II jets as the royal family watched from the palace balcony. A 41-gun salute accompanied the ceremony while the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children joined other senior royals on the balcony. The display formed part of the Trooping the Colour parade, the annual military ceremony marking the King’s official birthday. The mixed formation paired the Red Arrows’ Hawks with frontline F-35s, underlining both RAF tradition and modern combat capability.

Neon Genesis Ewangelion

@ewacat.bsky.social

One positive of living in Fulham is that when Trooping the Colour happens you can watch the Lancaster, Chinooks and Red Arrows fly past from your garden while drinking a coffee and petting a dog

159119d ago

Neon Genesis Ewangelion17

I have no idea what the point of Trooping the Colour actually is beyond giving the city a big ol' noisy flypast, and I honestly don't care. Doesn't feel like an important or fun bit of history beyond being what made me want to be a Red Arrow pilot when I was 8

ian.fenrisgames2

one of the very few benefits to living in this part of Lincs is seeing the Red Arrows practicing almost daily

Laura2

That’s pretty cool, all I get is US long range bombers off to do nefarious things while I drop my kid off at nursery. I do love the ‘womp womp’ of a chinook though.

The Court Jeweller (Lauren Kiehna)

@courtjeweller.bsky.social

It's that time again, everybody: the King's very merry un-birthday has been celebrated with a bejeweled parade during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London!

30119d ago

Mary Hilton3

A bunch of parasites with fancy dress. Who have never worked a day in their lives.

Jacques Gallagher2

The most expensive and pointless clothes horses in the world.

Jennifer is #asever along with Meghan

@freshfoodiegeek.bsky.social

#sussexsquad - Trooping The Colour 2026 ... apparently I wasn't the only one who had too much laundry to do.💅💅 (📸+✍️: NotMyKing "X")

16118d ago

V.R. Thompson3

What's the chance there are actually more marching band members & horseback riders than total spectators for the T-t-C-26?! 🤔😉😁

Geoff Scott

@geoff55.bsky.social

Nothing says more of great Britain like trooping the colour

20118d ago

Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦

@showerabsolute.bsky.social

Huge fan of the Queen's Grenadier Guards costume for Trooping the Colour, with superb Philip Treacy abstract beret. The gilded grenade cockade perched perfectly. Delightfully 18th Century.

19119d ago

Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦3

Accidentally posted pix from previous year (right) and this year (left). So here's a really clear pic! Such a good hat

UK Defence Journal

@ukdefencejournal.org.uk

Fourteen of the twenty-four Hawk T1 jets still on the books of the Royal Air Force have used up more than eighty per cent of their fatigue index, the Ministry of Defence has said. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/red-arrows-hawk-t1-fleet-running-low-on-fatigue-life/

11119d ago

Ben Baker

@benbaker.bsky.social

Its Trooping the Colour day. Did you troop yours? I bet you did, you dirty bollocks.

13119d ago

ianVisits

@ianvisits.co.uk

The Red arrows and F-35B Lightnings in formation for the Trooping the Colour flypast.

15119d ago

Simon Bisson

@sbisson.com

The Trooping the Colour flypast heads out over the west of London, and this year the Red Arrows' smoke stayed on long enough for photographs as they came past in formation with four F-35s... #troopingthecolour #flypast #redarrows

Nine red jet aircraft trailing white smoke with four grey jets following on behind, all against a blue sky.

10119d ago

Kev

@caoimhin1.bsky.social

My mother's watching Trooping The Colour. How lovely to see our gracious(?) King proudly displaying his fine array of 'hard earned' medals #Farcical

11119d ago

🎩KinkBikerLad 🐾DogMaverick 🤖Drone791

@kinkbikerlad.bsky.social

Good morning world from Lincoln The Red Arrows were practicing last night

9119d ago

Dame Agnes Guano

@agnes-guano.bsky.social

For those of you who missed Trooping the Colour earlier today, this year's colour was 'heliotrope'.

9119d ago

Sandeep

@givemeabiscuit.bsky.social

If you come to London to see Tower Bridge, it is surprisingly frequent how often you can see the Bridge raised. Also (and doesn’t happen often at all) saw the Red Arrows fly past

10118d ago

Loppi

@loppi.bsky.social

Happened to be in the park when the Red Arrows flew over

8119d ago

Little Who Girl

@littlewhogirl.bsky.social

Taking part in the Youth Section of the Mall Movement in today’s Trooping the Colour. Representing Doctor Who with her bag in the hope that the BBC cameras will catch it- it’s one way of getting the TARDIS back on BBC One! #TroopingTheColour #DoctorWho

9118d ago

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bbc.comTrooping the Colour: Royal Family to watch Red Arrows flypast on Buckingham Palace balcony - live updates bbc.co.ukTrooping the Colour: Royal Family to watch Red Arrows flypast on Buckingham Palace balcony - live updates standard.co.ukRoyals gather on Buckingham Palace balcony for Red Arrows flypast as crowds cheer

Red Arrows lead Trooping the Colour flypast over Buckingham Palaceculture

Red Arrows lead Trooping the Colour flypast over Buckingham Palace

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