THE crowd-pulling RAF Red Arrows are set to headline this year’s Clacton Airshow.

Airshow organiser have announced that the RAF team will be appearing on both days of this year’s event on August 23 and 24.

The airshow, which is run by Tendring Council, is in its 27th year and last year attracted more than 200,000 people.

Mick Skeels, cabinet member for leisure and tourism, said he was delighted the RAF Red Arrows would be returning to Clacton.

He said: “We know that the RAF Red Arrows are a real crowd-pleaser and are the highlight for many of our spectators at the Clacton Airshow.

“It is easy to understand why – as anyone who has watched their display will know, it is enthralling.

“As such I am really pleased the RAF Red Arrows will grace our skies once again.

“All of us at the Clacton Airshow have been thinking of the RAF Red Arrows recently as they remember Corporal Jonathan Bayliss, a crew engineer killed in a crash last month.”

Also revealed as part of the Clacton Airshow 2018 line-up is the Strikemaster training and light attack jet, flying with its distinctive smoke trail, and the Muscle Biplane with its high-energy dynamic aerobatic routine, both of which are flying on both days of the event.

The RAF Red Arrows, Strikemaster and Muscle Biplane join the previously announced RAF Typhoon jet and the Bremont Great War Display team on the 2018 airshow programme.

More flights and entertainment are due to be announced before the event.