The Red Arrows will be flying over Banbury this afternoon (July 17).

The aerial display team has been heading to the Royal International Air Tattoo.

The display will take around 25 minutes.

According to military-airshows.co.uk, the Red Arrows will leave RAF Waddington in Lancashire at 4.39pm before flying over Banbury at approximately 4.54pm. 

They will then land at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire at 5pm. 

The Red Arrows recently attended the Formula One British Grand Prix in Silverstone.

The Red Arrows, a nine-ship display team, will be celebrating their 60th anniversary at RAF Fairford with a new routine specifically devised for the event this year.

Representing the speed, agility, and precision of the RAF, the Red Arrows act as the face of the service.

Some people living in the Banbury area were left scratching their heads as they suggested the Red Arrows looked green as they flew overhead.

Flying distinctive Hawk fast-jets, the team is made up of pilots, engineers and essential support staff with frontline, operational experience. 

The Royal Air Force (RAF) website explains that the typical Red Arrows formation is made up of nine aircraft but it wasn’t always that way.

It explains: “In the first season of 1965, the team – flying seven aircraft in a display and based at RAF Fairford – performed 65 shows.

“A media event at RAF Little Rissington on May 6 was the team’s first official display, with the first public performance in the UK on May 15 at Biggin Hill Air Fair."