RAF aircraft to soar over Oxfordshire for King’s Birthday TODAY

Although King Charles III’s actual birthday is on November 14, the Sovereign’s birthday is being celebrated on Saturday (June 13).

The Red Arrows will take to the skies with a selection of other aircraft, which were rehearsed above last week.

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King Charles III. (Image: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

This rehearsal saw a Chinook, Phenom, A400M Atlas, C-17 Globemaster, Voyager, Typhoon, Poseidon, two further Typhoons and two F-35B Lightnings.

Noted in the best places to observe are Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot, Thame, Wallingford, Radley, Henley, Wheatley and Cholsey.

It is noted that the planes will be overhead in these areas between 1pm and 1.40pm this afternoon (Saturday, June 13).

The interactive map below can be used to see the route of the flypast, which covers all of these Oxfordshire spots.

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The Red Arrows are the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, based at RAF Waddington, and have been performing precision flying displays since the mid‑1960s.

They were formed in 1964–65 to replace several separate RAF display teams and initially flew Folland Gnat jets before switching to the BAE Systems Hawk T1 in 1980.

Today the nine‑strong team is regarded as a global showcase for British aviation, having carried out almost 5,000 displays in 57 countries and acting as ambassadors for the UK at home and overseas.