1971 – North Weald
1972 – North Weald
1973 – Greenham Common
1974 – Greenham Common
1976 – Greenham Common
First year to use the International Air Tattoo title and have a theme:
Hawker Hunter 25th Anniversary
1977 – Greenham Common
Queens Silver Jubilee / NATO Tiger Meet
The 1977 Tiger Meet had been due to take place at Upper Heyford under the auspices of the USAF’s 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron, with IAT providing advice. Then the headquarters of US Air Forces in Europe forced the plug to be pulled, expressing concerns about commercial involvement being sought as a means of making the meet financially self-sufficient. Instead the Meet moved to Greenham Common, which was the first occassion on which the NATO Tiger Association’s gathering of aircraft from units with a tiger in their emblem had been staged by anyone other than a member unit.
Stickers and patches were produced for the Upper Heyford Tiger Meet – expect they didnt have time to cancel them or change the text to Greenham Common
1979 – Greenham Common
C-130 25th Anniversary / 60th Anniversary of first non-stop trans-Atlantic crossing / NATO 30th Anniversary
