REPRESENTATIVES of every available RAF display team will be at this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival, it has been confirmed.

The RAF will join the Royal Navy and Army in turning out in numbers for the four-day event between August 29 and September 1.

The flagship Red Arrows, displaying as a nine-ship for the first time since 2011, perform on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday, while the ear-splitting Typhoon, returning after a three-year absence in Bournemouth, also puts in three displays.

Group Captain David Bradshaw, pictured right, of the RAF said: “The air festival is a high-priority event for us and we’re looking forward to being here again this summer.

“The scale, size and impact of the event makes it a fantastic stage for us to showcase what the RAF does for the nation on a day-to-day basis, and hopefully entertain you with some incredible aerial displays.

“It is also a great opportunity for us to raise awareness and funds for our charities, which is something the crowds at Bournemouth have excelled at over the years, and promote the excellent career opportunities within the RAF and the RAF Reserves.”

Also on show will be the Tutor and Tucano training aircraft, the iconic Battle of Britain Memorial Flight made up of a Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster bomber, and the hulking Chinook helicopter.

At the RAF Village festival-goers can look forward to seeing a variety of interactive and informative displays, at the heart of which they are hoping to bring their hugely popular, life-size Chinook mock-up.

They are also aiming to bring caterers, firefighters, safety equipment fitters and elements of the RAF Central Band.

Festival organisers are working on the rest of the line-up, including a raft of civilian aircraft, as the event draws nearer.