Reddy for takeoff

THE Red Arrows have appointed their first ever female team leader, as The Daily Star reported this week. Wing Commander Sasha Nash is the RAF display team's new Officer Commanding. But how much do you know about the crack squad of airborne daredevils? Here MEG JORSH gives you 15 fascinating facts...

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THE Red Arrows have appointed their first ever female team leader, as The Daily Star reported this week.

Wing Commander Sasha Nash is the RAF display team's new Officer Commanding.

But how much do you know about the crack squad of airborne daredevils? Here MEG JORSH gives you 15 fascinating facts...

The Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, have performed almost 5,000 displays in 57 countries around the world.

The originals, put together for the RAF Pageant in 1920, featured biplanes.