Neil at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2007
July 2007 RAF Fairford

The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) is the world's largest military airshow, held annually over the third weekend in July, usually at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England in support of The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust. The show attracts around 150,000 spectators.
The Air Tattoo started in 1971 as an airshow to support the Royal Air Force Association held at North Weald, Essex. It outgrew the small airfield and the show was moved to the United States Air Force operated base of RAF Greenham Common near Newbury, Berkshire in 1973. The Air Tattoo was held at Greenham Common in 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981 and 1983. When the airfield was selected as a cruise missile base, a new venue at RAF Fairford was found.

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Oasis	Keep it Tight	Here's Looking at You	Thunderbirds Line Astern
The Old Guard	Typhoon	Air Cadets	Hercules Tail
Auster	F16	F16 and B1-b	F16 Fighting Falcons
Fokker 50s	Foland Gnat	Greek Air Force Hercules	Indian IL78 Midas
One Team	Old and New	Indian IL78 Midas	Jordanians Departing
Nimrod MRA4	Make Smoke	The Arrows	Thunderbirds
"Thunderbirds are Go"	Tornado Reheat	Typhoon	Upside-Down
Old Guard	Vought F8 Crusader	"We are the Reds"	Old Crow

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