White to Green

I seem to remember that the RAF/USAF property in the UK changed from the 'anti-flash' white to the drab green sometime in the 1970's, I think. However, my memory is old.

In my case I do remember driving by the all white building of RAF Oxenhope sat on the hill top one year. The next year that I drove by the station it had all gone green.

Can anyone help on the era when this occurred please?

Thanks for your reply. I think that it was the 1970's they went from white

to green.. It probably didn't apply to all RAF buildings, but it certainly was the case in two that I was aware of. I would travel to Skipton at least once a year and you could not miss the former RAF buildings on the hilltop at Oxenhope as you passed by. Then they became NATO Green the next time that I drove by. Few snapshots to illustrate Oxenhope and the USAF NARS site.

I did read a forum somewhere where someone had raised this question and there was a definitive answer but I did not take note of it then.

At Leuchars we had quite a few barrack blocks painted white in 85 and they stayed that way. Whereas at Turnhouse some buildings were painted green. This all stemmed from the days of the "tone down" programme. This programme saw almost all vehicles painted green, but those regularly in use on the airfield get that awful yellow stripe on the side. It also saw all concrete surfaces sprayed with a chemical to give it a dirty brown colour.

.....which reminds me of the comments made to me by my guide in Upper Heyford when I asked why one of the command HQ's was a distinctive dirty yellow colour?
He told me that it was a chemical which was supposed to make the building to be less susceptible to attack using infra red targeting.

However, they found that that when it snowed, the snow ran off it and the building then became extremely visible and a easy target!