UK airshow RIAT permanently relocates from Fairford英国皇家国际航空展（RIAT）永久迁址，不再使用费尔福德机场。
The new location for the show going forward will be MOD Boscombe Down, roughly 90 minutes south of Fairford by car and equidistant from London
View along a row of static aircraft during the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — The Royal International Air Tattoo, an annual airshow in the United Kingdom, will permanently move to a new location , organizers announced today.
The decision to shift from RAF Fairford, the air base that has hosted the event for four decades, comes after the 2026 edition of RIAT had to be cancelled due to the use of that airfield for US B-1 bombers operating against Iran. Those bombers were later relocated back to the US due to concerns over a terrorist attack by Iran on the base.
The new location for the show going forward will be MOD Boscombe Down, roughly 90 minutes south of Fairford by car and equidistant from London. The new location “provides an outstanding platform for RIAT’s future ambitions, offering the space, capability and flexibility required to support the event’s continued evolution,” organizers said in a statement.
As a signal of support for RIAT’s organizers, the announcement included comments from Luke Pollard, the minister for Defence Readiness and Industry; Rupert Pearce, the UK’s National Armaments Director; and Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, the Chief of the Air Staff.
“This move secures the future of the airshow for decades into the future and enables the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust’s important work to continue inspiring future generations,” Smyth said in his comments. “The Royal Air Force looks forward to continuing its long-standing partnership with Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises and supporting future editions of RIAT for many years to come.”
For many years, RIAT was seen as more of a public airshow. However, over the last decade, the defense establishment has increasingly used the event to showcase capabilities and make announcements, sometimes to the detriment of the biennial Farnborough Airshow.
The first RIAT at Boscombe Down is scheduled for July 16-18, 2027.
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2025年7月19日，在英国格洛斯特郡费尔福德皇家空军基地举行的皇家国际航空展上，一排静态展示的飞机映入眼帘。（图片由Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images提供）
华盛顿——英国皇家国际航空纹身展（Royal International Air Tattoo）是英国一年一度的航空展，主办方今天宣布，该展会将永久迁至新址。
皇家空军费尔福德基地已连续四十年承办该活动，此次决定将举办地迁至其他地点。此前，由于该基地被用作美军B-1轰炸机执行对伊朗任务的场所，原定于2026年举办的皇家国际航空展被迫取消。后来，由于担心伊朗可能对该基地发动恐怖袭击，这些轰炸机被转移回美国。
未来，RIAT航展的新举办地点将设在MOD Boscombe Down，位于费尔福德以南约90分钟车程处，与伦敦距离大致相等。主办方在一份声明中表示，新地点“为RIAT的未来发展提供了卓越的平台，拥有支持展会持续发展所需的空间、能力和灵活性”。
为了表示对 RIAT 组织者的支持，该公告包括国防准备和工业部长卢克·波拉德、英国国家军备总监鲁珀特·皮尔斯和空军参谋长哈维·史密斯爵士的评论。
“此举确保了航展在未来几十年内得以延续，并使皇家空军慈善信托基金的重要工作能够继续激励后代，”史密斯在评论中表示。“皇家空军期待继续与皇家空军慈善信托企业保持长期合作关系，并在未来多年支持皇家国际航空展（RIAT）的举办。”
多年来，皇家国际航空展（RIAT）一直被视为一场面向公众的航展。然而，在过去十年中，国防机构越来越多地利用该展会来展示能力和发布公告，有时甚至损害了两年一度的范堡罗航展的声誉。
首届在博斯康比唐举行的皇家国际航空展（RIAT）定于 2027 年 7 月 16 日至 18 日举行。
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