The Belgian Bronco team in German "Luftwaffe" (Air Force) livery

"Drifting" by team "Drift UAE" in a Toyota

Team "Drift UAE" joined by Red Bull in a Ford Mustang

An F-16 of the UAE Air Force showing some real flying force

The F-16 banking away

7 BAE Hawks of team Saudi Hawks from Saudi Arabia

Saudi Hawks in one of many opposition formations

Another opposition manouevre: Have they? No, they haven't collided.

BAE Saudi Hawk coming in over the Al AIn desert to land.

Yet another colourful formation by the Saudis

This is the "bomb burst" by the Saudi Hawks.

Team Saudi Hawks draw the Saudi flower

The UAE's Al Fursan ("The Knights") aerobatics team on show. They out classed the other teams by a very narrow margin. But a win is a win nonetheless.

Richard Goodwin of Britain in his specially prepared Pitts Special banking out sideways over the desert

Imagine; this picture of Richard Goodwin was taken a few hundred meters away.

Castor Fantoba and Juan Velarde of Spain make up Team Repsol Bravo3 each in a Russian built Sukhoi Su-26M; here shown in a very daring engagement

Another pass of Team Bravo 3

a UAE Air Force Mirage 2000-9 during its act as one of a few non-competition items.

The Misty Blues is the only all-women sky-diving team in the USA.

Into action sprang the Breitling Wing Walkers from the USA; ready for one of many tight opposition passes

One Breitling Wing Walker Boeing Stearman narrowly scrapes past another.

Artur Kielak of Poland (9th place overall in 2015) in his B737 aerobatic plane

Close-up of a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee towing the glider (not in the frame) of Team FX.

The glider of Team FX is a two-seater MDM-1 Fox

Have you ever seen a parachutist jumping from a glider? This one did.

Glider FX swoops low over the desert as it prepares to turn and land.

Four wheels above the desert horizon

The Breitling Wing Walkers in their Boeing Stearman bi-planes perform a very tight opposition pass; captured in 3 tenth second exposures

Amazing speed and control shown by the Saudi Hawks as they make an opposition pass; captured in 3 tenth of a second exposures.