Display teams gather for Egypt International Air Show 2024
September 2, 2024
In the run up to the Egypt International Airshow at El Alamein International Airport a number of aerobatic display teams have started flying displays in preparation for the show proper.
On 26 August, the Egyptian Air Force ‘Silver Stars’ team, flying nine CATIC K-8Es performed a joint display with the seven BAE Hawk Mk 65As of the Royal Saudi Air Force ‘Saudi Hawks’ team, in preparation for the launch of the first edition of the Egypt International Air Show 2024. The Saudi team also performed a flypast of the pyramids at Giza.
On Wednesday 28 August, the ‘Ba Yi’ (August 1st) Aerobatics Team, the aerobatic demonstration team of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) also flew its six Chengdu J-10CY and two-seat J-10SY aircraft (and their Xi’an Y-20 support aircraft) over the Pyramids.
Another foreign team at El Alamein is India’s ‘Sarang’ (‘Peacock’) team, which flies five modified HAL Dhruv helicopters. The unit is normally based at Sulur Air Force Station.
