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12263 Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter Royal Norwegian Air Force RAF Greenham Common (EGVI), UK - England Robin A Walker - 31/07/1976 . Full Details
The first possible landing of an aircraft at Greenham was around 1930 when the area was still a grassy common. Biplane bombers of the RAF landed there for a few days as an RAF exercise took place. During World War Two, the Berkshire area saw a number of airfields constructed at Aldermaston, Membury, Ramsbury, Hampstead Norreys and Welford.
Royal Air Force Greenham Common or more simply RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in the civil parishes of Greenham and Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire. [1] The airfield was southeast of Newbury, about 55 miles (89 km) west of London.
XF321 Hawker Hunter T.Mk.7 Royal Aircraft Establishment RAF Greenham Common (EGVI), UK - England Peter Fothergill - 31/07/1976 . Full Details
May 25, 2011 · VQ-2's Skywarrior's had been at Rota since the early sixties and I got my first look at one on Thurs 1st Aug'63 when EA-3B 146454 landed on Greenham's Rwy11 for a night stop by the hangars. At that time Greenham was supporting an Alert Force of 12 B-47E's from the 384BW at Little Rock AFB, Ark plus a single KC-97G assigned to the 100ARefSq ...
In 1976 the runways of RAF Upper Heyford required resurfacing. As a result, the Bases resident General Dynamic F-111E bombers of the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing needed to find a new temporary home. Greenham was only a short distance away and fitted the bill.
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From these small beginnings the show became the International Air Tattoo in 1976, and recognition of its unique status was granted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1996. This is when the current Royal International Air Tattoo title was adopted. From 1973 to 1983 the Air Tattoo was held at Greenham Common before moving to RAF Fairford in 1985.
