RAF Falcons 2012

2012, the year of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics. At this point, our display programme is only a rough draft. We have no Olympic or Jubilee news, but we do have some fantastic venues; Airshows (Waddington, Leuchars, Sunderland, Cosford and Southend, all to be confirmed), Sporting Events and Military Celebrations.

We also have a new team: Liam Lyons, Rob Priestley and Dave Worboys have joined the stack, alongside James Bruce, Mark Clayton, Niel Flanagan, Gary Nicholson, John Parkhurst and Carl Harris. Drop Zone and Specialist support is ably provided by Homer Dempsey and Jamie Crew; Graham Liggins returns in his 17th season as our able commentator. Wayne Clayton and Andy Dearlove contribute their years (decades, even) of experience as the Team Coach and Team Manager respectively. Ben Lonsdale has taken over as Officer Commanding, joined by Jon Conner (returning to the team) as Second in Command and Safety Officer.

Although we're soon to head away for our pre-season training, we're looking forward to a fantastic 2012, and meeting as many people as possible.

Happy New Year from the RAF Falcons