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In 2017 The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo embraces a colourful theme, Splash of Tartan, playing host to a stunning array of performers from all points of the compass. In a Royal Navy lead year, we set sail with the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines as we celebrate the history, heritage and colour of Scotland's global family both near and far. The famed Massed Pipes & Drums will once again create their iconic sound on the esplanade, delivering some of the most iconic scenes of The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. India’s premier military band, the Indian Naval Band, will showcase the vibrant culture of their nation’s Western seaports. The Fanfare Band of the 9th French Marine Infantry Brigade will offer a traditional military ensemble, bringing their own Breton influences to the proceedings.

Bringing to life the story of the Viking invasion and settlement on Shetland, Hjaltibonhoga will once again bring their fiddle music to the castle ramparts. Performing a piece written by composer Findlay MacDonald especially for this year’s theme, the Tattoo Dance Company; made up of the very best highland dancers from across the globe; will perform on the esplanade. The Japanese Ground Self Defence Force Central Band will bring their nations traditional as well as contemporary music to the evening's proceedings, while acting as the first representatives for their country at the Tattoo. The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland will tell the story of the Jacobites through the breathtaking piece 'Ambush in the Glen'. Turning the esplanade in to an Aircraft Carrier, The Queen’s Colour Squadron with the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment shall showcase their exceptional musicianship and precision drills.
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    THE ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT AT THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO Air Marshal Stacey, Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO, this evening attended the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo as the principal guest. This year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo features 1,200 performers from around the world and each performance is attended by a senior military or civil representative to take the salute from the various performers. Tonight’s principal guest, Air Marshal Graham Stacey, is the most senior officer in the Royal Air Force Regiment and will receive the salute from performers including the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment and the Queen's Colour Squadron (63 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment) who, in addition to their joint performance, also provide the Tattoo's Guard of Honour with the Royal Navy. Next year the Royal Air Force will celebrate 100 years of defending the skies over the United Kingdom and protecting the Nation’s interests overseas. The Royal Air Force is able to do so, safe in the knowledge that that it can operate from secure, well defended bases, both at home and abroad. The Royal Air Force Regiment, since its inception has provided this protection for the Royal Air Force, and the Corps can rightly be proud of its loyal Service and considerable successes. As the Royal Air Force begins to deliver a new generation of airpower with new platforms, the Royal Air Force Regiment continues to change to meet the needs of the Royal Air Force. RAF Regiment officers and gunners (as RAF Regiment airmen are also known), working alongside their RAF Police colleagues, are currently deployed around the globe delivering protection of airbases and air platforms. The specialist force protection that the RAF can rely upon is acknowledged internationally as the exemplar method of protecting airpower. Consequently, the RAF Regiment today supports many nations with building their own capabilities through exchange programmes and foreign training teams. It is the airmen of the RAF Regiment of whom we can be most proud; these airmen who will soon be joined by airwomen as the RAF Regiment takes the lead in incorporating women into the Dismounted Close Combat Role. Gunners continue to serve with professionalism, skill, determination and courage often in the most challenging and dangerous circumstances. The airmen of the Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) taking part in tonight’s sell out performance in front of 8,800 people, exemplify that professionalism on the Parade Ground as they similarly do in the defence of airpower. Last month, his Royal Highness Prince Harry presented a New Queen’s Colour to the RAF Regiment on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen (Air Commodore in Chief of the RAF Regiment) in the Corps’ 75th anniversary year. The RAF Regiment are represented in Scotland by 51 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, No 5 Force Protection Wing and 2622 (Highland) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force all based at RAF Lossiemouth and also by 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force which has a Force Protection role. Notes: The AM’s full title is ‘Air Marshal Sir Graham Stacey KBE CB MA BSc CCMI’. Senior Air Craftsman if abbreviated should be 'SAC'. The full and correct name of the band is 'The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment'. The full and correct name of the Queen’s Colour Squadron is ‘Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment)‘ or, if abbreviated, 'QCS'. Further information on Supreme Allied Commander Transformation can be found at www.act.nato.int Contact: Flight Lieutenant Doug McCorkindale Engagement Officer, Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) QCS63FP-Engagement@mod.uk Photos: HON-OFF-20170720-0242-631 is credit Photographic Section, Royal Air Force Honington All other photographs are credit Photographic Section, Royal Air Force Lossiemouth.
    THE ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT AT THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO Air Marshal Stacey, Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO, this evening attended the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo as the principal guest. This year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo features 1,200 performers from around the world and each performance is attended by a senior military or civil representative to take the salute from the various performers. Tonight’s principal guest, Air Marshal Graham Stacey, is the most senior officer in the Royal Air Force Regiment and will receive the salute from performers including the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment and the Queen's Colour Squadron (63 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment) who, in addition to their joint performance, also provide the Tattoo's Guard of Honour with the Royal Navy. Next year the Royal Air Force will celebrate 100 years of defending the skies over the United Kingdom and protecting the Nation’s interests overseas. The Royal Air Force is able to do so, safe in the knowledge that that it can operate from secure, well defended bases, both at home and abroad. The Royal Air Force Regiment, since its inception has provided this protection for the Royal Air Force, and the Corps can rightly be proud of its loyal Service and considerable successes. As the Royal Air Force begins to deliver a new generation of airpower with new platforms, the Royal Air Force Regiment continues to change to meet the needs of the Royal Air Force. RAF Regiment officers and gunners (as RAF Regiment airmen are also known), working alongside their RAF Police colleagues, are currently deployed around the globe delivering protection of airbases and air platforms. The specialist force protection that the RAF can rely upon is acknowledged internationally as the exemplar method of protecting airpower. Consequently, the RAF Regiment today supports many nations with building their own capabilities through exchange programmes and foreign training teams. It is the airmen of the RAF Regiment of whom we can be most proud; these airmen who will soon be joined by airwomen as the RAF Regiment takes the lead in incorporating women into the Dismounted Close Combat Role. Gunners continue to serve with professionalism, skill, determination and courage often in the most challenging and dangerous circumstances. The airmen of the Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) taking part in tonight’s sell out performance in front of 8,800 people, exemplify that professionalism on the Parade Ground as they similarly do in the defence of airpower. Last month, his Royal Highness Prince Harry presented a New Queen’s Colour to the RAF Regiment on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen (Air Commodore in Chief of the RAF Regiment) in the Corps’ 75th anniversary year. The RAF Regiment are represented in Scotland by 51 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, No 5 Force Protection Wing and 2622 (Highland) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force all based at RAF Lossiemouth and also by 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force which has a Force Protection role. Notes: The AM’s full title is ‘Air Marshal Sir Graham Stacey KBE CB MA BSc CCMI’. Senior Air Craftsman if abbreviated should be 'SAC'. The full and correct name of the band is 'The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment'. The full and correct name of the Queen’s Colour Squadron is ‘Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment)‘ or, if abbreviated, 'QCS'. Further information on Supreme Allied Commander Transformation can be found at www.act.nato.int Contact: Flight Lieutenant Doug McCorkindale Engagement Officer, Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) QCS63FP-Engagement@mod.uk Photos: HON-OFF-20170720-0242-631 is credit Photographic Section, Royal Air Force Honington All other photographs are credit Photographic Section, Royal Air Force Lossiemouth.
    THE ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT AT THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO Air Marshal Stacey, Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO, this evening attended the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo as the principal guest. This year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo features 1,200 performers from around the world and each performance is attended by a senior military or civil representative to take the salute from the various performers. Tonight’s principal guest, Air Marshal Graham Stacey, is the most senior officer in the Royal Air Force Regiment and will receive the salute from performers including the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment and the Queen's Colour Squadron (63 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment) who, in addition to their joint performance, also provide the Tattoo's Guard of Honour with the Royal Navy. Next year the Royal Air Force will celebrate 100 years of defending the skies over the United Kingdom and protecting the Nation’s interests overseas. The Royal Air Force is able to do so, safe in the knowledge that that it can operate from secure, well defended bases, both at home and abroad. The Royal Air Force Regiment, since its inception has provided this protection for the Royal Air Force, and the Corps can rightly be proud of its loyal Service and considerable successes. As the Royal Air Force begins to deliver a new generation of airpower with new platforms, the Royal Air Force Regiment continues to change to meet the needs of the Royal Air Force. RAF Regiment officers and gunners (as RAF Regiment airmen are also known), working alongside their RAF Police colleagues, are currently deployed around the globe delivering protection of airbases and air platforms. The specialist force protection that the RAF can rely upon is acknowledged internationally as the exemplar method of protecting airpower. Consequently, the RAF Regiment today supports many nations with building their own capabilities through exchange programmes and foreign training teams. It is the airmen of the RAF Regiment of whom we can be most proud; these airmen who will soon be joined by airwomen as the RAF Regiment takes the lead in incorporating women into the Dismounted Close Combat Role. Gunners continue to serve with professionalism, skill, determination and courage often in the most challenging and dangerous circumstances. The airmen of the Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) taking part in tonight’s sell out performance in front of 8,800 people, exemplify that professionalism on the Parade Ground as they similarly do in the defence of airpower. Last month, his Royal Highness Prince Harry presented a New Queen’s Colour to the RAF Regiment on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen (Air Commodore in Chief of the RAF Regiment) in the Corps’ 75th anniversary year. The RAF Regiment are represented in Scotland by 51 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment, No 5 Force Protection Wing and 2622 (Highland) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force all based at RAF Lossiemouth and also by 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force which has a Force Protection role. Notes: The AM’s full title is ‘Air Marshal Sir Graham Stacey KBE CB MA BSc CCMI’. Senior Air Craftsman if abbreviated should be 'SAC'. The full and correct name of the band is 'The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment'. The full and correct name of the Queen’s Colour Squadron is ‘Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment)‘ or, if abbreviated, 'QCS'. Further information on Supreme Allied Commander Transformation can be found at www.act.nato.int Contact: Flight Lieutenant Doug McCorkindale Engagement Officer, Queen’s Colour Squadron (63 Squadron RAF Regiment) QCS63FP-Engagement@mod.uk Photos: HON-OFF-20170720-0242-631 is credit Photographic Section, Royal Air Force Honington All other photographs are credit Photographic Section, Royal Air Force Lossiemouth.