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Two RAF fighter pilots listen to a pre-flight-briefing by the leader of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team whose elite ranks these two men want to join. The candidates are with others and are in Cyprus during the team’s training programme to be tested though only three new members are selected each year. They will have accumulated over 1,500 flying hours in fast jets with experience in theatres of war. If successful, they will spend three years in the Red Arrows then return to frontline and instructing duties. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries. During a forthcoming calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues they are an important recruiting tool for future personnel – of pilots and ground-based trades.

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Two RAF fighter pilots listen to a pre-flight-briefing by the leader of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team whose elite ranks these two men want to join. The candidates are with others and are in Cyprus during the team’s training programme to be tested though only three new members are selected each year. They will have accumulated over 1,500 flying hours in fast jets with experience in theatres of war. If successful, they will spend three years in the Red Arrows then return to frontline and instructing duties. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries. During a forthcoming calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues they are an important recruiting tool for future personnel – of pilots and ground-based trades.
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