After successfully attracting funding from Pepsi, the famous Red Arrows will 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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It’s 1st April.
Didn’t they do this last year?
Yes, another repeat! The one that first had me in stitches, and also a rerun, was the Tridents being paraded through Edinburgh. I’d love it if they did, actually, but down the Mall during Trooping the Colour. Just to see and read the reaction of the self loathers would be priceless.
An excellent series for 1 April. Congrats.
I know this is an April’s fools joke, but when you think about it why not get some corporate sponsorship for the red arrows, although maybe go for cola or another firm that has a red brand.
If the government isn’t going to fund the miltary to a proper level, then why not find alternative funding models to help.
You mean coke cola. Cola is not the brand Coke or Pepsi
Britvic of Chelmsford Essex are the bottling partner for PepsiCo Inc however the supermarkets who dominate their sales don’t allow surplus profits for sponsorship sadly.
We’ve had Red, and Blue might do.
White, not so much for display use.
Several RWB Union Flag liveries have been made so perhaps an easy choice suitable for display too ..
Get coke cola to sponsor them then they can keep the red. Enough of the April fool stories one or two might be funny but is it 4 or 5 now
It’s after midday, jokes on them
Looks quite good. Up to your old tricks eh george? Thanks for all you do.
It’s sponsored by Hammerite. Not Pepsi! Pilots have been reporting jamming of controls and excess take-off weight!
This post gave me the blues.
The ‘pepsico’ logo needs tilting slightly, its off-straight with fuselage 🙂
Bugger, you got me with this one!
Quite like the colour change idea actually, as the Reds have been the same shade for 60 years.
Not as good a wheeze as the article about the £500 million Watchkeeper drones recently procured not operating in bad weather due to the MoD ‘modifications’.
What a brilliant April fools joke that was- clever because it was almost believable….