January | Operations Fino & Crown (FEAF MAMS) |
Leong Nok Tha, Thailand | Support to Royal Engineers building an airfield in far NE Thailand, close to the Mekong River |
January | Argosy Trainer | Kindley, Bermuda to UK |
Fg Off Glen Morgan plus 1. Retrieval of Hastings jack and equipment from Bermuda to UK |
January | Special | Thorney Island, UK | Fg Off Ian Stacey, Plt Off JF Beadman plus 5. Loading of Argosy Task 3583 |
January | Exercises Brightwater & Frozen Pond Jump West |
Namao, AB, Canada to UK | Fg Off Robbie James plus 5. Deployment of 19 Regt RA and recovery of 1 Bn Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry from Canada |
February | Hurricane Relief | UK to Belize, British Honduras |
Relief supplies to Belize after Hurricane |
February | Special | Wattisham, UK | Fg Off Bill Halford plus 5. Handling of Britannia Flt 6404 |
February | Exercise Cold Winter | UK to Andoya, Norway |
Plt Off CF Clark plus 8. Air Movements support to Hunter deployment in Norway |
February | Exercise Winter Sun | Nassau, Bahamas to UK | Sqn Ldr Bill Jacobs, Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 5. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 43 Commando Royal Marines from the Bahamas to UK |
February | Exercise Brightwater | Winnipeg, MB, Canada to UK | Fg Off John Furney plus 5. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 19 Lt Regt RA and 1Bn Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry Regiment from Canada to UK. |
March | Ghurkha Relief | Changi, Singapore to Kathmandu, Nepal |
Relief aid to Nepal |
March | Operation Carnivorous | Batu Pahat, Malaya |
Troop lift to a LZ in Malaya |
March | Exercise Rough Tweed | El Adem, Libya to Gutersloh, Germany |
Fg Off John Furney plus 5. Recovery of 11 Infantry and 7 Armoured Brigade from Libya to Germany |
March | Exercise Pole Vault | UK to Belize, British Honduras and return | Fg Off JM Dunn plus 5. Roulement of Garrison, deploy 1 Battalion Kings Own Borderers and recovery of 1 Battalion Staffords |
March | Exercise Magic Carpet | UK to Aalborg, Denmark | Fg Off Robbie James, Plt Off JF Beadman plus 10. Recovery of 1 Battalion Queens Life Regt from UK to Denmark |
March | Exercise Cold Winter | West Raynham, UK | Plt Off Charles Clark plus 2. Recovery of 1 Squadron (Hunters) from Norway to UK |
March | Special | Villacoublay, France | Fg Off Robbie James plus 2. Handling of Special Argosy task 4556 in France |
April | Exercise Thermal Cannon | West Raynham, UK to El Adem, Libya |
Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 5. Deployment of 6 Squadron (Hunters) to Libya |
April | Exercise Spitfire | UK to Tours, France | FS John Dunstall plus 4. Movement of crated Spitfire to Tours in France |
April | Exercise Pole Vault | UK to Belize, British Honduras |
Fg Off Robbie James plus 2. Positioning of personnel of 12 Engineering Group from the UK to British Honduras |
April | Exercise Aristomenes | UK to Vaerlose, Denmark and return | Plt Off John Beadman plus 5. Recovery of 22 SAS to UK and members of Danish Army and Home Guard back to Denmark |
April | Exercises Ascent and Amersham | El Adem, Libya to Gutersloh, Germany | Fg Off John Dunn plus 4, Fg Off John Furney plus 1. Recovery of 17/21 Lancers from Libya to Germany |
May | Exercise Long Hook | El Adem, Libya |
Fg Off Bill Halford plus 5. Reforce of Station Movs Squadron during deployment phase. |
May | Exercise Long Hook | West Raynham, UK to El Adem, Libya | Sqn Ldr Bill Jacobs plus 2 officers and 4 airmen. Deployment of 41 Squadron (Bloodhound) to El Adem |
May | Exercise Troutcall | Tangmere UK to Thorney Island, UK |
FS J.C.Knott plus 2. Deployment of 38 Gp TCW from Tangmere |
May | Exercise Calypso Hop | UK to Palisadoes, Jamaica WI |
Fg Off John Furney plus 2. Deployment of 1Bn Lancashire Regt from UK |
May | Special | Geilenkirchin, Germany to Aalborg, Denmark |
Fg Off Robbie James plus 5. Deployment of 92 Squadron (Lightnings) from Germany to Aalborg |
May | Exercise Waggon Trail 67 | Lee-on-Solent, UK | Fg Off JGL Furney, Flt Lt D Harries plus 8. Logistics Demonstration for C in C Transport Command |
May | Exercise Wild Sunset | UK to Peterson AFB, CO, USA | Plt Off “Charlie” Clark plus 2. Positioning of personnel and equipment of 1 Bn Glosters and 16/5 Lancers in Colorado, USA |
June | This month opened with 7 teams on 72 hours readiness to support any Air Transport activity arising from events in the Middle East (Six-Day War) and Nigeria |
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June | Special | Valkenburg, Holland to UK |
Fg Off Bill Halford plus 2. Loading/unloading Andover from Holland |
June | Special | Odiham, UK | Fg Off John Furney, Plt Off C.F.Clark plus 7. Deployment of Wessex helicopters of 72 Squadron on Belfast and equipment and personnel on Argosy and Comet 4 aircraft |
June | Special | Thorney Island, UK | Sgt John Bell plus 3. Loading of S&D Argosy Flt 5534 |
June | Exercise Pond Jump West | UK to Fredericton, NB, Canada |
Fg Off Bill Worsley plus 5. Positioning of 1Bn Green Howards in Canada |
June | Special | UK to Le Bourget, France |
WO Jack Gibson plus 2. Delivery of personal effects of Air Cdre McDougall to Paris |
June | Special | Celle, Germany to UK | Fg Off Robbie James plus 4. recovery of Spurling passenger steps from Germany after Royal visit |
June | Special | Stuttgart to UK | Plt Off Charles Clerk. Repatriation of deceased British civilians after a road accident at Ulm, West Germany |
June | Exercise Hydraulic | Leuchars, Scotland | Sgt JN Dowse plus 2. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 74 Squadron (Lightnings) from Scotland to Tengah. |
June | Special | Geilenkirchen, Germany to Valley, UK | Fg Off C Clark plus 3. Repositioning of personnel and equipment of 92 Squadron (Lightnings) from Germany to RAF Valley |
June | Exercise Whiterose | Devizes, UK | Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 6. Processing 1Bn Prince of Wales Own in a simulated move through a MCCP (Movements Control Check Point) |
July | Special | Hurn, UK | Fg Off Nigel Sanders, Plt Off Haimbe (Zambian Air Force attached UKMAMS) plus 4. Loading of refuelling equipment onto a Beverley for delivery to Odiham |
July | Exercise Waterleap 5 | UK to Fredericton, NB, Canada |
Fg Off Bill Halford plus 2. Deployment of 32 Squadron Royal Engineers from UK to Canada |
July | Exercise Sky Blue | West Raynham, UK to Gutersloh, Germany |
Fg Off John Furney plus 5. Deployment of 1 Squadron (Hunters) from UK to Gutersloh |
July | Exercise Bitter Breath | Tangmere, UK | Fg Off GH James plus 5. Deployment of TCW to Luqa |
July | Special | Villacoublay, France to Odiham, UK | FG Off JM Dunn plus 5. Deployment of support equipment for Anglo/French Jaguar from France to Odiham |
July | Exercise Ballotage | Gutersloh, Germany to Luqa, Malta | Flt Lt EM Coombs, Fg Off JF Beadman plus 4. Deployment of 1Bn Devon & Dorsets from Germany to Malta |
July | Exercise Long Hook | El Adem, Libya | Fg Off Bill Halford plus 5. Reinforcement of RAF El Adem Air Movements Squadron during positioning phase of exercise |
July | Special | Celle, Germany to UK | Fg Off Robbie James plus 4. Recovery of Spurling Passenger Steps from Germany to UK after Royal Visit |
July | Exercise Unison 67 | Topcliffe to Tangmere, UK | Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 4. Positioning of ARI Radar System from Topcliffe to Tangmere as part of Exercise build up. |
August | Vietnam Relief Supply (FEAF MAMS) |
Changi, Singapore to Saigon, South Vietnam |
OXFAM/Catholic Relief Services Airlift |
August | Exercise Tinsmith | Wattisham, UK to Butterworth, Malaya | Fg Off John Beadman plus 5. Deployment of GL161 Radar Unit from UK to RAF Butterworth |
August | Special | UK to Hickham, Hawaii | Plt Off C.F.Clark plus 2. Delivery of Griffen engine to Hawaii for u/s Shackleton of 205 Squadron |
August | Special | Coltishall, UK |
Fg Off John Dunn plus 2. Unloading Britannia Flights 6069, 6070, 6071 and 6072 |
August | Exercise Sunshine Express | Luqa, Malta to Thessaloniki, Greece |
Fg Off JF Beadman plus 4. Movement of 2 Sioux helicopters from Malta to Greece |
September | Exercise Perfect Play | St Mawgan, UK to Gibraltar | Fg Off Roger Woods plus 3. Deployment of personnel and equipment from Coastal Command to Gibraltar |
September | Exercise Overdale | UK to Geilenkirchen, Germany | Sqn Ldr Bill Jacobs, Fg Off David Powell plus 5. Initial activation phase of NATO exercise |
September | Special | Boscombe Down, UK to Villacoublay, France | Fg Off Robbie James plus 6 Recovery of Jaguar mock-up from UK to Villacoublay, France |
October | Exercise Overdale | UK to Geilenkirchen, Germany |
OC UKMAMS (Sqn Ldr Bill Jacobs), Flt Lt Bill Halford, Plt Off Charlie Clarke, Fg Off John Furney, Flt Lt E Coombs plus 20. Deployment to Germany in support of elements of Fighter, Bomber and Transport Command |
October | Exercise Overdale | Odiham, UK | Plt Off Wiblin plus 4. Deployment of 72 Squadron (Wessex) to Germany using Beverley Flt No 3191 and Argosy Flt No 4431 |
October | Exercise Overdale | West Raynham, UK | Fg Off KF David plus 5. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 54 Squadron (Hunters) to Germany |
6-24 November | Aden Evacuation RAF Khormaksar Article Into the Remote Places |
Muharraq, Bahrain & Khormaksar, Aden | Sqn Ldr Bill Jacobs and 6 full teams deployed to Muharraq to assist with the final withdrawal of personnel and equipment from Khormaksar |
November | Special | Bournemouth, UK | Fg Off David Powell plus 5. Deployment of Royal Navy detachment using Hastings Flt No 3664 |
November | Exercise Gaze | Ballykelly, Northern Ireland to Germany | Flt Lt ‘Jock’ Mackay, WO Jack Gibson plus 6. Deployment of 4/7 Dragoon Guards from Northern Ireland to Germany |
November | Exercise Lumpat Penjang | Woodvale, UK | Flt Lt EM Coombs plus 5. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 14 Lt Regt RA to Woodvale as part of Airmobex |
November | Special | Warton, UK to Villacoublay, France | Fg Off David Powell plus 4. Transferring of Jaguar prototype from Warton to France |
December | Special | Gutersloh, Germany to UK | Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 5. Recovery of a Whirlwind helicopter from the Queens Flight to UK on Belfast Flt No 6792 |
December | Special | Ouston, UK | Fg Off David Powell plus 5. Movement of personnel and equipment of 18 Squadron (Wessex) from Germany to UK in Belfast Flt No 6750 |
December | Special | Orleans, France to Sharjah, Trucial States | Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 5. Collection of Beauvais Hangar from France for deployment to Sharjah on Belfast Flt Nos 6778/9/80/81 |
December | Exercise Travelling Causeway | UK to Hickham AFB, HI and HI to Mather AFB, CA, USA | Flt Lt Bill Halford plus 2. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 210 Squadron (Shackleton) to Hawaii and then picking up Proteus engine and delivering to Mather AFB in California. Britannia Tasks 6579 & 6582 |
December | Special | Gutersloh, Germany to Brize Norton, UK | Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 5. Recovery of Whirlwind Helicopter of the Queens Flight from Germany to Brize Norton in Belfast task 6792 |