An unacceptable culture of sexism, harassment and bullying was allowed to flourish at the RAF’s Red Arrows display team, the head of the air force has acknowledged at the conclusion of two critical investigations into conduct at the elite unit.
Female personnel were subjected to unwanted contact, invitations to have sex and sent unsolicited out-of-work messages, one report said, while there was a culture of male sexual entitlement with women “being viewed as ‘property’”.
