| January |
Exercise Shallstone |
South Caicos Island |
Flt Lt Bill Wellman, FSgt Reg Carey, Sgt Eddy Leonard plus 3. To provide temporary Air Movements Organisation at South Caicos Island to receive 3 Fld Sqn RE
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| January |
Exercises Fettle and Lawsuit |
UK to Nassau, Bahamas |
Fg Off Green plus 5. Deployment of 41 Cdo RM and 72 Squadron (Wessex) from UK to Bahamas
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| January |
Special |
St Mawgan, UK |
Fg Off Paul Steiner, FS Ken Browne, Sgt Rocky Knowles, Cpl Sandy Sandiford, JT Gordon Gourdie plus 1. Deployment of personnel and freight of 42 Squadron (Nimrods) to Gibraltar |
| February |
Exercises Macon and Dower Chest |
UK to Decimomannu, Sardinia and return |
Fg Off Dave Benson plus 10. recovery of 1 Sqn (Harriers) and deployment of 54 Squadron (Phantoms) to and from Sardinia
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| February |
Special |
Fairford |
FSgt Tony Barrell, Cpl Norman Poole, SACs Jim Marchant and Alan (Boot) Pratt plus 1. Dismantling and recovery of BFLP (Britannia Freight Lift Platform) after closure of RAF Fairford Air Movements Squadron
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| February |
Exercises Lawsuit and Fettle |
Andros Island, Bahamas to Odiham, UK
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Fg Off Glen Morton, FS Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell, Cpl Syd Avery, JT Ted Moore, SAC Jimmy Barr. Recovery of personnel and freight of 72 Squadron (Wessex) from Bahamas to Odiham
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| March |
Exercise Spade Foot |
Wittering to Milltown, Scotland |
Fg Off Brian Shorter plus 5. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 1 Squadron (Harriers) from Wittering to Scotland
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| March |
Special |
UK to Mahe, Seychelles and Nairobi, Kenya |
Fg Off Pete Simpson, FSgt Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell, Cpl Syd Avery, JT Ted Moore plus 1. Off load of cable wire equipment for Royal Navy in Seychelles and equipment for the Kenyan Air Force at Nairobi
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| March |
Special |
Celle, Germany |
Cpl Jimmy Jones plus 1. Demonstration of Belfast aircraft and role equipment including the securing of 463L system pallets and Airportable Fuel Containers (APFC) to German Air Force
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| March |
Exercise Spadefoot |
Wittering, UK |
Flt Lt Steve Taylor, Fg Off Green, SAC Tony Gale plus 7. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 1 Squadron (Harriers) to Milltown in Scotland
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| April |
Special |
Benson, UK to Odiham, UK |
Cpl Colin Eyre, JT Gordon Gourdie, SAC Sandie Sandiford. Deployment of 38 Group Tactical Communications Wing from Benson to Odiham
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| April |
Exercise First Fifty |
Darwin, Australia to UK |
Fg Off Pete Simpson, FS Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell, Cpl Syd Avery, JT Ted Moore & SAC Jim Barr. Recovery of RAF personnel and equipment from Australia to UK after RAAF 50th anniversary celebrations |
| April |
Exercise Jumping Cracker |
Wildenrath, Germany to Decimomannu, Sardinia |
FS Ken Browne, Sgt Rocky Knowles, Cpl Harry Manning, JT Gordon Gourdie plus 2. Deployment of 4 Squadron (Harriers) from Germany to Sardinia |
| April |
Tacomex |
Benson to Odiham, UK |
Cpl Colin Eyres plus 2. Deployment of 38Gp TCW personnel and equipment from Benson to Odiham
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| April |
Exercise Deep Stream |
Halfar, Malta |
Flt Lts Bill Wellman and Johnson plus 17. Air Movements support to 38Gp Paradropping exercise
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| April |
Special |
Ballykelly, Northern Ireland |
Flt Lt Bill Wellman plus 4. Recovery of explosives from RAF Ballykelly on closedown of unit
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| April |
Exercise Spade Foot |
Milltown, Scotland to Wittering |
Flt Lt Alan Johnston plus 9. Recovery of 1 Squadron (Harriers) to Wittering
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| May |
Exercise Royal Flush |
Wyton, UK to Ramstein, Germany |
Flt Lt Bill Wellman, FS Reg Carey, Sgt Dick Leonard, Cpl Dave Wilkin, SAC’s Harold Jones & Polly Parkin. Deployment of 39 Squadron (Canberra’s) from Wyton to Ramstein, Germany |
| May |
Exercise Herman’s Post |
Gutersloh, Germany to Culdrose, UK |
Fg Off Rich Green, FS Al Storey, Sgt Ben Johnson, Cpl Dave Constantine plus 2. Recovery of 707 RNAS from Germany to Culdrose |
| May |
TAVR Special |
Isle of Man, UK to Blackpool, UK |
FS Norman Vaughan (Taff) Thomas, Sgt Ivan Gervais, SAC’s Bob Thacker & Bob Ford. Recovery of the Royal Lancastrian Regiment from the Isle of Man to Blackpool |
| May |
Exercise Rusty Razor |
Montijo, Portugal to St Mawgan UK
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Flt Lt Bill Wellman, FSgt Reg Carey, Sgt Eddy Leonard, Cpl Dave Wilkin, SACs Harry Jones & Polly Parkin. Recovery of 42 Squadron (Nimrods) from Portugal to St Mawgan
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| May |
Exercise Evil Edge |
Oerland, Norway to Honington, UK |
Fg Off Pete Simpson, FSgt Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell, Cpl Syd Avery plus 1. Recovery of 12 Squadron (Buccaneers) from Norway to Honington
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| May |
Exercise Evil Edge |
UK to Oerland, Norway and return |
FSgt Reg Carey, Cpl Dave Wilkin, SACs Terry Fryer & Polly Parkin plus 1. Squadron exchange of 12 Squadron (Bucanneers) and a RNoAF Squadron
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| May |
Exercise Evil Edge |
Wattisham, UK to Leeuwarden, Holland |
Flt Lt Pete Simpson, Cpl Jim Gallagher plus 3. Squadron exchange, 29 Squadron (Lightnings) from Wattisham to Holland
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| May |
Exercise Dawn Patrol |
Conningsby, UK |
FS Chas Dalgleish, Sgt Bernie Bernard, SACs Hugh Curran & Troop Smith plus 2. Deployment of 54 Squadron (Phantoms) to Villafranca, Spain
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| May |
Exercise Dawn Patrol |
UK to Athens, Greece and return |
Flt Lt Bill Wellman, Fg Off Braysher, FS Reg Carey, Sgt Eddy Leanard, Cpl Dave Wilkin, SAC Harry Jones. Deployment of Royal Marines to Greece and recovery of Umpires to UK
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| May |
Exercise Bitter Breath |
UK to Decimomannu, Sardinia |
Fg Off Pete Simpson, FSgt Baz Shatford, Sgt Arthur Taylor, Cpl James Gallagher plus 2. Deployment of UK squadron to Sardinia for APC utilising two Argosy and two Belfast tasks |
| May |
Special |
Ronaldsway IoM to Blackpool, UK |
Fg Off Paul Steiner, FSgt Ken Browne, Sgt Rocky Knowles, Cpl Sandy Sandiford, JT Gordon Gourdie & SAC Bob Tring. Recovery of 1Bn Lancastrian Regiment from the Isle of Man to Blackpool |
| 7-12 June |
Famine Relief |
Thorney Island, UK to Calcutta, India |
Fg Off Paul Knight, Flt Sgt Don Wickham, Sgt Dave Barton, Cpl George Lynes, J/T Ernie Perkins (MAMS Eng), SAC Tony Gale. Relief supplies to Calcutta, India, during famine |
| June |
Sea King Special |
Brize Norton, UK to Goa, India |
Flt Lt Norrie Radcliffe, Sgt Dave Bernard, SAC Hugh Curran. Deployment of Indian Navy Sea King from Brize Norton to India |
| June |
Exercise Fincastle |
Greenwood, NS, Canada to Kinloss, UK |
Fg Off Tony Willis, FS Tony Barrell, Cpl Norman Poole, SAC’s Alan (Boot) Pratt & Jim Marchant plus 1. Recovery of 201 Squadron (Nimrods) from Nova Scotia to Kinloss |
| June |
Exercise Beaten Track |
Coningsby, UK to Germany |
Fg Off Paul Knight, FS Dave Eggleton, Cpl Syd Avery, JT Ted Moore & SAC Jim Barr. Deployment of 6 & 54 Sqns (Phantoms) from UK to Germany |
| June |
Red Cross |
Geneva, Switzerland to Calcutta, India |
Fg Off Brian Shorter, FSgt Taff Thomas, Sgt Ivan Gervais, Cpl Tommy Blues, SACs Bob Thacker and Bob Ford. Onloading of relief supplies to VC10 2784 in Switzerland and offloading that and Belfast 6794 in Calcutta. plus 5. Collection of relief food supplies for on move to Calcutta |
| June |
Exercise Emissary |
Decimomannu, Sardinia |
Fg Off Paul Steiner, FSgt Ken Browne, Sgt Rocky Knowles, Cpl Colin Eyres, SAC Sandie Sandiford plus 1
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| June |
Missex |
Marham, UK to Wildenrath, Germany and return |
Squadron Ldr Mike Slade, Fg Off Green plus 5. Rotation of Bloodhound missiles between UK and Wildenrath
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| June |
Exercise Minton |
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to UK |
Flt Lt Charles Collier, FS Tony Lamb, Sgt Merv Corke, Cpl Keith Simmonds, SACs Keri Eynon & Fred Kitts. Recovery of 15 Field Squadron Royal Engineers from Ethiopia to UK
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| June |
Special |
Tehran, Iran to Dubai, UAE and return to UK |
Flt Lt Paul Knight, Cpl Jim Gallagher Plus 4. Repositioning of 22 SAS vehicles from Tehran to Dubai and recovery of Chieftan Tank demonstration equipment from Iran to UK
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| July |
Sea King Special |
Brize Norton, UK to Goa, India |
Flt Lt Norrie Radcliffe plus 5. Delivery of Sea King helicopter to Indian Navy using a Belfast.
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| July |
Exercise Bird Road |
UK to Decimomannu, Sardinia |
Fg Off Paul Steiner, FS Ken Browne, Sgt Rocky Knowles, JT Gordon Gourdie plus 3. Deployment of 2 Squadron (Jaguars) to Sardinia
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| July |
Exercise Heartsease |
UK to Aalborg, Denmark and return to Leuchars, UK |
Fg Off Tony Willis, FS Tony Barrell, Cpl Norman Poole, SAC’s Boots Pratt and Jim Marchant plus 1. Deployment of 111 Squadron (Phantoms) to Aalborg, Denmark and deployment of 723 Squadron RDAF (Starfighters) from Aalborg to Leuchars |
| July |
Exercises Wetherby and Willis |
UK to Accra, Ghana and return |
Flt Lt Norrie Radcliffe, FSgt Charlie Ainscough, Cpl Norman Poole, SACs Alan Pratt & Jim Marchant plus 1. Exchange of 3 Para Brigade and Ghanaian Army
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| July |
Exercise Freetrade |
Cameri, Italy to Gutersloh, Germany |
Fg Off Glen Morton, FSgt Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell, Cpl Jim Gallagher JT Ted Moore plus 1. Recovery of 19 Squadron (Lightning’s) from Italy to Gutersloh
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| July |
Exercises Calypso Hop and Coral Diver |
UK to Palisadoes, Jamaica and return |
Sgt John Bell, JT Ted Moore plus 1. Recovery of Jamaican Defence Force from UK to Jamaica and recovery of 4Bn Parachute Regiment (TAVR) to UK.
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| July |
Exercise Loud Barn |
UK to Tanagra, Greece |
Fg Off Alistair Gallaugher, FS Chas Dalgleish, Cpl Don Stewart, SAC Hugh Curran. Deployment of 54 Squadron (Phantoms) from UK to Greece
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| July |
Exercise Quickstart |
Gutersloh, Germany to Coningsby, UK |
Fg Off Glen Morton, FSgt Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell and JT Ted Moore. Recovery of 6 Sqn (Phantoms) from Gutersloh to Coningsby |
| 3-8 August |
Operation Banner / Four Square
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Northern Ireland |
Troop reinforcement to Northern Ireland |
| August |
Exercise Fable |
Embakasi, Kenya to Akrotiri, Cyprus and UK |
Flt Lt Paul Knight, FS Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell, JT Ted Moore, SAC Jim Barr plus 1. Recovery of 1Bn PWO from Nairobi to Cyprus and 14 Sig Regt to UK
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| August |
Historical Aircraft Move |
Chivenor, UK to Wattisham, UK |
Fg Off Gerry Keyworth, FS Bob Hope, Sgt DK Henderson, Cpl Jim Jones, SAC Tim Newstead plus 1. Move of ME109 fighter from Chivenor to Wattisham after NATO display
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| August |
Lightning Special |
Wattisham, UK to Bruggen, Germany |
Flt Lt Alan Walker plus 5. Deployment of 29 Squadron (Lightnings) from Wattisham to Germany |
| August |
Historic Aircraft Move |
Chivenor to Wattisham, UK |
Fg Off Gerry Keyworth, Sgt DK Henderson, SACs Ian Place & Tim Newstead. Redeployment of ME109 Fighter to Wattisham after NATO Open Day
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| August |
Operation Marginal |
Aldergrove, Northern Ireland |
Sgt Dave Barton, Cpl George Lynes, SACs Tony Gale and Tony Moore. Northern Ireland reinforcement
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| September |
Exercise Hellenic Express |
UK to Thessaloniki, Greece |
Flt Lt Norrie Radcliffe, Cpl Jim Gallagher, SAC’s Hugh Curran, Bob Thacker, David Bell plus 13. IALCE exercise in northern Greece with USAF and GAF units |
| September |
Operation Sheepskin |
Anguilla, Leeward Islands to UK |
Fg Off Pete Simpson plus 5. Recovery of 51 Squadron Royal Engineers from Anguilla to UK |
| September |
Exercise Hellenic Express |
Odiham, UK |
Flt Lt Meikle plus 4. Offload of 2 Wessex helicopters from a Belfast on recovery from Greece
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| September |
Sea King Delivery |
UK to Dabolim, Goa, India |
Flt Lt Steve Taylor, SAC Tony Gale plus 4. Delivery of Sea king helicopter (Ser No IN506) to INS Hansa, Goa, for the Indian Navy
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| September |
Operation Sellar |
Topcliffe, UK |
Fg Offs Gerry Keyworth & Pete Simpson plus 6. Deployment of 37 Squadron RAF Regt to Aldergrove |
| October |
Exercise Jigsaw |
Ipswich, UK |
Sgt DK Henderson, Cpl Jimmy Jones plus 1. Training personnel of Royal Horse Artillery in art of loading and restraining landrovers & trailers and 105mm Pack Howitzers into Andover Aircraft
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| October |
Exercise Jaded Tiger |
Wittering, UK |
Flt Lt Norrie Radcliffe plus 4. Recovery of 1 Squadron (Harriers) from Decimomannu
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| November |
Operation Banner |
Northern Ireland |
Military support to civil powers |
| November |
Special |
Yokota, Japan to UK |
Fg Off Glen Morton, FS Dave Eggleton, Sgt John Bell, Cpl Syd Avery, JT Ted Moore plus 1. Recovery of Harrier aircraft and ground support equipment after demo/air display in Japan
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| November |
Special |
UK to Cape Town, South Africa |
Flt Lt Meikle plus 5. Delivery of Deltic engine to South Africa for HMS Bossington at Simonstown Naval Base
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| 8-13 December |
Operation Hamish |
Karachi / Chuklala W Pakistan
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2 teams, Flt Lt Norrie Radcliffe, Fg Off Frank Holmes, FSgt Roy Millington (Movs Masirah), FSgt Charlie Dalgleish, Sgt Keith Parker, Sgt Doug Lister, Cpl Keith Simmonds, SAC Pete Herring, SAC Troop John Smith, SAC Bob Thacker, SAC Colin Allen, SAC Hugh Curran, SAC Charlie Marlow, deployed to West Pakistan for evacuation of British Nationals from Karachi and Chuklata to Akrotiri, Cyprus, during Indo-Pakistan war |
| December |
Exercise Dreamboat |
UK to Belize |
Fg Off Paul Steiner, FSgt Ken Browne, Sgt Rocky Knowles, Cpl Percival Sandiford, JT Gordon Gourdie, SAC Bob Tring. Deployment of 14 Sigs Regt from UK to Belize
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| December |
Fincastle Trophy |
Comox, BC, Canada to Kinloss, UK |
Flt Lt Bill Wellman, FSgt Reg Carey, Sgt Dick Leonard, Cpl Dave Wilkin, SACs Polly Parkin & Harry Jones. Recovery of personnel & equipment of 201 Squadron (Nimrods) from Vancouver Island (Canada) to Kinloss
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