The United States Air Force's Air Combat Command has released the 2016 schedule for their F-22A Raptor display team today and the surprise inclusion is the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in July.

The addition of the ACC F-22 team for the flying display at RIAT adds to an already exciting lineup that already is scheduled to include the first visit of the F-35 to the UK, as well as two Greek Air Force F-4s.

The full schedule for the F-22 display team is below:-

March
12-13 – Davis Monthan AFB, AZ

April
9-10 April – Lakeland, FL
22-24 April – Langley AFB, VA
30 Apr – 1 May – MCAS Cherry Point, NC

May
7-8 – Lincoln, NE
11 – Cape Girardeau, MO
14-15 – St. Louis, MO
21-22 – Latrobe PA

June
4-5 – Smyrna, TN
17-19 – Dayton, OH
25-26 – RCF Trenton, Ontario

July
8-10 – RAF Fairford, United Kingdom
23 – Eielson AFB, AK
30-31 – Elmendorf AFB, AK

August
20-21 – Ypsilanti, MI

September
3-4 – Cleveland, OH
10-11 – NAS Oceana, VA
16-18 – London, Ontario
24-25 – Santa Rosa, CA

October
8-9 – San Fransisco, CA
15-16 – Baltimore, MD
29-30 – NAS Patuxent River, MD

November
12-13 – Nellis AFB, NV