PLANS for next year's Royal International Air Tattoo are already being put in place with organisers promising visitors it "will be out of this world."

Next year's show will turn its spotlight into space, with the the airshow’s theme Air & Space, as well as featuring the world’s most exciting aircraft.

It follows an announcement earlier this year that the Royal Air Force will be taking command and control of the UK’s military space operations, reflecting the importance of space in ensuring successful military operations around the world.

Andy Armstrong, chief executive of RAF Charitable Trust Enterprises, which organises the event, said that whilst the past 100 years saw military operations take place in the sky the next century would see activities increasingly stretching beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.

He said: “As well as welcoming air arms from around the world, we plan to demonstrate, through engaging and interactive displays, how space technology is being developed and how it is being used to help counter threats to our everyday lives.

“Our focus on space will be particularly poignant as the 2019 airshow will take place on exactly the same day, 50 years ago that the first Moon landing took place – on July 20 1969.”

Special Super Earlybird tickets for the event, which takes place at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on July 19-21 2019, are already on sale priced at £47.

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