New RAF plane Sukhoi Su-30/33

Government officials have made an 'embarrassing blunder' by using an image of a Russian fighter jet on a poster promoting the RAF's famous Red Arrows.

The Department for International Trade has been building excitement about the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team's upcoming visit to the US on Twitter.

But in a post detailing how the BAE Hawk T1 jets can fly at 48,000ft, the department used an outline of a Russian Sukhoi Su-30/33 fighter.





Russian fighter jet is used in poster to promote Britain's iconic Red Arrows | Daily Mail Online

 

Must have found a new defence speakscrap from one of the London rags.

 

And it can fly higher than Mt Everest!
So can a Spitfire

 

Red Arrows / Red Air Force - anyone could've made that mistake...