ICONIC Red Arrows and Typhoon are set to be based in Southend later this year for Eastbourne and Folkestone Airshows.

Southend Airport has confirmed to host Typhoon alongside other famous RAF jets for upcoming Eastbourne and Folkestone Airshows.

Royal Air Force aircrafts will be taking participating in the Eastbourne Airshow from August 17 to 20, Folkestone Airshow, which is also on August 20, and the Clacton Airshow on August 24 and 25.

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with their Lancaster and Spitfires are also expected to be based at Southend for the same airshows, along with other RAF aircraft including a Typhoon.

Iconic RAF jets also participated in the Southend Air Show, which ran for 27 years until it was revealed it was ending in January 2013, with the final show the year prior.

Day-trippers and south Essex residents would descend on the seafront for the action-packed event which often featured the Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the Crunchie wing-walkers.

An effort to revive the event in 2015 was unsuccessful, despite £250,000 being raised and a petition calling for its return gaining 2,000 signatures.

Another campaign to bring the show back was launched in September last year, but organisers soon hit roadblocks and plans appeared to be dead in the water by November.