After successfully attracting funding from Pepsi, the famous Red Arrows are to be painted Blue.
The Ministry of Defence said previously that it remains “committed to supporting the Red Arrows” despite a recent report suggesting that it can no longer afford to finance the Royal Air Force’s aerobatic display team.
The Red Arrows were recently “saved from the axe”, but a senior defence source told The Express here that the “clock is ticking” for the display team to find more funding.
The source said:
“Given the financial challenges which the RAF and, indeed, all services are facing, and anticipating no sudden upsurge in budget, funding the team is becoming challenging to the point that we must consider either finding a new, additional and substantial stream of income or letting go.”
That funding source has, finally, been found.
A statement from Pepsico reads:
“Pepsi is trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. Clearly we are delighted to be able to announce our partnership with the Royal Air Force in order to fund the newly created ‘Blue Arrows’.”
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Actually looks quite cool in blue!
Yup it does, as they say a change is as good as a rest 😂
According to my copy of RAF News (paper #1556), ‘The Reds’ are due at RIAT ‘Skytanker 2023’ so let’s hope George can get on the phone to Coca-Cola Schweppes Beverages the UK bottler for Coca-Cola. Obviously Britvic, the UK bottler for PepsiCo will be disappointed but Red is the correct colour and being based in Chelmsford they have non conflicting sponsorship opportunities with the British Army bases in East Anglia.
Red One, you are cleared for takeoff…
Pepsi is still active in Russia so I see this as a complete sell out to Putin. I suspect the Hawks with their ongoing engine problems likely unsolved, will be replaced by Yak-130s decorated by Pepsi owned Walkers crisps within a few years with Gary Lineker in a promotional video dressed as Sergey Dronov, You mark my words.
Thanks Spy. So much great expertise on this site.🙂
Sure I saw a similar article a few years back, with the Red Arrows being sponsored.
I think one of the best was in Soldier Magazine in the 80’s (I think), when it was announced that all the Cavalry Regts would be renamed with “decimal” nomenclature. Hence 14/20th became 0.7’s, 9th/12th would be 0.75 Lancers. They even showed pictures of the new decimal shoulder tabs. The outcry from retired of Salisbury etc was a joy to behold.
Well done George.
I have to admit, I kind of like the sound of the Three Quarter Lancers.
I think it was reported in the 6th Sense newspaper in Germany. I was REME attached to the 3.2 Lancers or 16/5th Lancers as they preferred to be known.
Yes, some of these are repeats. Doesn’t matter, it’s the tradition that counts.
That decimal wind up sounds hillarious, wish I’d seen it.
And the Navy will be using the New Rainbow dazzle paint on New hull’s George
I better settle for a Can of Tartan Paint then George
Can’t we all just play nice and declare everyone as “non binar” that way no one gets offended? Ban the use of he/she her/ him. Come on HMG get with the woke agenda.
April 1, Fools’ Day 🙂
You’d hope so
Rhapsody in Blue.
Ho ho ho. Should have been British Gas Blue Flames.
Happy April.
I’m sure if allowed the Coca-cola company would come back at that and sponcer the whole armed forces.
It would be like going back to their semi-roots in ww2.
interestingly WW2 was probably the greatest sales and development opportunity and coca-cola exploited it to the max…5billion bottles to service personnel and expanding bottling to every nation containing US troops.
from the companies history:
“But the presence of Coca-Cola did more than just lift the morale of the troops. In many areas, it gave local people their first taste of Coca-Cola – a taste they obviously enjoyed. And when peace returned, the Coca-Cola system was poised for unprecedented worldwide growth. From the mid-1940s until 1960, the number of countries with bottling operations nearly doubled. As the world emerged from a time of conflict, Coca-Cola emerged as a worldwide symbol of friendship and refreshment.”
🤣🤣 For a moment I though Ryanair had bought them out 😅
Pinch, punch……..
April Fool
It is the 1st of April guys.
Should be navy blue 😎
It would not be the first aircraft to painted up in Pepsi colours.
I had the pleasur of despatching the Air France Concorde out of Gatwick on a special charter flight to New York.
Avril, was permission sought to use this photo?
Haha. Would of been more believable if coke cola were sponsors and the French blue arrows had Pepsi. Good effort thou. 🙂
Looks like they’re sponsored by Pepsi… Lol 😁
I have to concede, Ionpfrb got in first.
Please can we quit the spoof articles !!! Its confusing 😅😅
If the Navy get really desperate they can talk to Ann Summers about sponsoring the Silent Service. The shapes there🤷🏻♂️
Bagsie NOT serving on any submarine sponsored by Anne Summers….unless it has an all female crew that is.😁
Damn and I just sent some blue paint as a contribution!!!
Why don’t we scrap our entire armed forces? The government is set on net zero.Lets dispose of the past discretions of slavery,and legal theft by the state.
Geniuses… Look at the date.