24 September 2014
A New Team Leader has been appointed to the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows.Squadron Leader David Montenegro will fly as Red 1 in the 2015 season.
The 38-year-old succeeds Squadron Leader Jim Turner, whose three-year tour as Team Leader finishes at the end of the current season – with the Red Arrows’ final 2014 display taking place on Sunday, September 28, in Malta.
Having flown as a team pilot between 2009 and 2011, this will be Sqn Ldr Montenegro’s second term with the Squadron, which is one of the world’s premier aerobatic teams.
Sqn Ldr Montenegro said he was relishing the chance to lead the team over the next three years and, once again, represent the Royal Air Force and United Kingdom both at home and overseas.
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