Cadets and Staff of 165 (Castle Bromwich) Squadron met the Central & East Regional Commandant, Group Captain Brett Morrell at the end of the second day of the Birmingham Tattoo.

The event took place in the National Indoor Arena in the centre of Birmingham over the weekend of the 28 th & 29 th November.

The Squadrons from the Warwickshire & Birmingham Wing on duty over the busy Tattoo weekend were 165 (Castle Bromwich) Squadron, 489 (Acocks Green & Olton) Squadron, 493 (Kings Heath & Moseley) Squadron and 1459 (Heart of England) Squadron.

The Tattoo attracted an audience of about 10000 people on each day that came to see the musical performance's by the Band of the Coldstream Guards, the Band of the Brigade of Ghurkhas, the Royal British Legion Romford Band and the Band of the Kazakhstan Army.

Other attractions included Flyball Dog Racing, the Disco Dancers and the wonderful Field Gun Race between the Army and the Royal Air Force.

Each days Performance started with the Cadets making a big contribution to the Opening Muster of the Massed Standards of the Royal British Legion as well as many Air Training Corps Standards and other Cadet Force Standards. The Army Cadet Force and the Sea Cadet Corps Units pass each other at the closed end of the Arena while the much larger Air Training Corps contingent is split into two formations to parade along the Arena's length.

For the Grand Finale itself all of the Air Training Corps Squadrons, from three different Wings and two Regions, formed up as one Squad numbering over 90 Staff and Cadets and then march onto the Arena floor behind the Massed Bands. The high point of the Finale is the Marching on of the Queen's Colour, escorted by the contingent from RAF Cosford.

Following the Sunday Performance the Cadets had there pictures taken with the Central and East Region's Regional Commandant when he came to see all of the Cadet Units that had been at the Birmingham Tattoo. Group Captain Morrell spoke with many of the Staff and Cadets in this large Squad which at this stage included all of the ATC Standards that had been on display and now numbered close to 100 personnel.