January
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Exercise Ferry Boat
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Coningsby, UK
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Fg Off Mike Thomas, FS Bert Wilford, Sgt Bernhardt, Cpl Gus Cobb, SAC Colin
Pay plus 1. Deployment of 29 Squadron (Phantoms) from UK to Luqa, Malta
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Special
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UK to McClellan AFB,
CA, USA and return
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Sgt Mick Day plus 2. Rotation of Sparrow Missile Rocket Motors
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February
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Special
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Woomera and
Edinburgh Field, South
Australia
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Fg Off Dick Leonard plus 2. Handling/support of VC10 Flt 2247 at Woomera and
Edinburgh Field in Australia
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Exercise Greentops
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Beef Island, Bahamas to
UK
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Fg Off Vernon Jones plus 5. Recovery of TCW and 30 Sigs Regt after comms
exercise in the Bahamas
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March
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Amoco Cadiz Spill
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Exeter to Guernsey
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Sgt Bob Turner plus 2. Collection of oil dispersant equipment from Exeter and
delivery to the Channel Islands for use against the oil spillage from the MV Amoco
Cadiz
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Special
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Lajes, Azores to
Scampton
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Sgt Gerry Meijer, Cpl Hugh Curran plus 2. Recovery of pax and freight of 27
Squadron (Vulcan) from the Azores to Scampton
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April
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Special
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Luqa, Malta to PAF Base
Masroor, Pakistan
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Fg Off Ron Turley, Sgts Gerry Meijer & Bob Turner, Cpl Hugh Curran, SAC Martin
Gledhill plus 1. Deployment of personnel and freight of 13 Squadron (Canberras)
from Malta to Karachi, Pakistan
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Exercise Dedicated
Defence
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Bruggen, Germany to
Villa Franca, Italy and
return
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Flt Lt Geoff Elliott, FS Keith Davies, Sgt Terry Titterington, Cpl Ivan Vienneu, SACs
Ian Newlands & Bruce Oram. NATO squadron exchange. 28 Gruppo IAF (F104
Starfighter) from Italy to Bruggen and 17 Squadron (Phantom) from Germany to
Italy
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May
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Special
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Kingston, Jamaica to UK
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Fg Off Burnell plus 2. Recovery of 1Bn Royal Irish Rangers from Jamaica to UK
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Special
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Lusaka, Zambia to UK
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Flt Lt Geoff Elliott plus 5. Evacuation of UK refugees from the conflict in
neighboring Zaire
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June
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Special
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Banjul, Gambia to UK
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Fg Off Ron Turley, Sgt Gerry Meijer, Cpl Hugh Curran, SAC Chris Dalton plus 2.
Recovery to UK of 2Bn Royal Anglians
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Exercise Best Focus
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Rygge, Norway to
Germany and UK
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Fg Off Rod Elliott plus 5. Recovery of Personnel and Freight of 2 & 41 Squadron
(Jaguars) from Norway to Germany and UK
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Tacomex 6
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UK to Kingsfield, Cyprus
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FS Sam Heaphy plus 3. Deployment of personnel, freight and vehicles of TSW/30
Sigs Regt to Dhekelia, Cyprus for a comms exercise
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APC
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Binbrook, UK
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Fg Off Ron Turley, Sgts Gerry Meijer & Bob Turner. Cpl Hugh Curran, SACs
Martin Gledhill plus 1. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 11 Squadron
(Lightnings) from UK to Malta
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July
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Exercises Jetstream and
Sandy Roads
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UK to Bermuda and
return
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FS Ken Teasdale plus 2. Recovery of Bermuda Regiment from UK and recovery of
TCW from Bermuda to UK
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Squadron Exchange
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Coltishall, UK to
Lechveld, Germany and
return
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Flt Lt Len Henry plus 2. Recovery of 32 Squadron GAF (Starfighters) from UK to
Germany and 41 Squadron (Jaguars) from Germany to UK
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Unit Exchange
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UK to Accra, Ghana and
return
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Flt Lt Len Henry plus 3. Deployment of elements of 1 Bn Irish guards to Ghana
and recovery of elements of Ghanian Army back to UK
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Special
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Sculthorpe, UK to Malta
and return to
Lossiemouth
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Flt Lt Powling plus 2. Deployment of 100 Squadron (Canberras) to Malta and
recovery of 8 Squadron (Shackleton) to Lossiemouth
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August
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Special
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Wunstorf, West
Germany to Berlin
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Fg Off Dick Leonard, FS Al Potts, Sgt Speedy Soane, Cpl Stretch Weir, SAC Dick
Bullimore plus 1. No-notice recovery of 1Bn Welsh Guards from West Germany to
Berlin
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Exercise Giant Voice
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UK to Barksdale, LA,
USA
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Flt Lt McLeman plus 2. Deployment of Vulcan support equipment and personnel
to Louisiana in Support of Bombing Competition hosted by US 8th Air Force
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Lebanon Crisis
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Fiji to Tel Aviv, Israel
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Movement of Fijian troops to Israel for peacekeeping duties in Lebanon
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September
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Exercise Bold Guard
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Coltishall, UK to
Denmark
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Fg Off Tim Watson plus 11. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 6, 41 & 54
Squadron (Jaguars) from UK to Denmark
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Missile Exchange
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Sculthorpe, UK to
Bruggen, Germany and
return
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Fg Of Eric Howlett plus 5. Rotation of Bloodhound Missiles of 25 Squadron
between UK and Bruggen
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Special
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Waddington, UK to Bodo
Norway
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Sgt Taylor plus 3. Deployment of personnel and freight of 50 Squadron (Vulcans)
from Waddington to Norway
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Special
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RSAF Ronneby, Sweden
to UK
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Flt Lt McLeman plus 5. Recovery of Bloodhound missiles from Sweden to UK.
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October
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Missile Exchange
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UK to Wildenrath,
Germany and return
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Fg Off Ian Drake, Sgt Hope Irvine, Cpl Barrie Wilson, SAC Ian Bell plus 2. Rotation
of Bloodhound missiles between UK and Wildenrath
|
Exercise Giant Voice
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Barksdale, LA, USA to
UK
|
Flt Lt Len Henry plus 5. Recovery of Vulcan ground equipment from Louisiana to
UK
|
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Exercise Medicine Man
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UK to Calgary, AB,
Canada and return
|
FS Alan Soane, Cpl Paul Weir and SAC Dick Bullimore. Rotation of Battle Group
personnel in Alberta
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Special
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Odiham, UK
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Flt Lt Dick Leonard plus 4. Offload Puma helicopter from Belize after rotation
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Cyprus APC
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Sculthorpe, UK to
Akrotiri, Cyprus and
Turin, Italy to UK
|
Fg Off Vernon Jones plus 2. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 100
Squadron (Canberras) to Akrotiri and recovery of 2 x RB199 engines from Turin to
UK
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November
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Exercise Red Flag
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UK to Nellis AFB, NV,
USA and return
|
FS Charlie Grant, Sgt Tony Dunphy plus 1. Deployment of Adour engines to Nellis
and recovery of same plus a Spey back to UK
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Special
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McClellan AFB, CA, USA
to UK
|
Flt Lt Ron Turley, Sgts Gerry Meijer and Bob Turner, Cpl Hugh Curran, SAC
Martin Gledhill plus 1. Collection of sparrow missile motors from California to UK
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Exercise Midlink
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Kinloss, UK to Karachi,
Pakistan
|
Wg Cdr David Gamble (OC UKMAMS), FS Stu Everitt plus 1. Deployment of 120
Squadron (Nimrods) from Kinloss to Pakistan
|
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Special
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UK to Georgetown,
Guyana and return
|
Flt Lt Powling plus 2. Deployment of 1 Bn Black Watch to Guyana and positiong of
Guyanan Defence Force to UK on an exchange exercise.
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December
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AUTEC
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UK to Andros Island,
Bahamas
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Sgt George Lynes. Supervision of the offload of a Mk24 Tigerfish Torpedo at Andros
Island in the Bahamas
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Special
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George Town, Guyana
|
Flt Lt Guy Blyth plus 2. Recover Guyana Defence Force to Georgetown and
elements of 1Bn Black Watch regiment from Guyana to UK
|
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Special
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UK to Ankara, Turkey
|
Flt Lt Dick Leonard, FS Alan Potts, Sgt Alan Soane, Cpl Paul Weir, SAC Dick
Bullimore plus 1. Resupply of British Embassy in Ankara
|
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Special
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Finningley, UK to
Akrotiri, Cyprus
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Flt Lt Eric Powling, FS Sam Heaphy, Cpl Dave Giles, Sgt Ian Berry (Akt Movs) plus
2. Pick up of Whirlwind Helicopter from UK for delivery to 84 Squadron Akrotiri
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Iranian Emergency
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Akrotiri, Cyprus
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Flt Lt Dick Leonard plus 11. Reforce of Akrotiri Air Movements Squadron during
evacuation of Nationals from Tehran
|
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MOD Special and
Exercise Med Man
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UK to Ottawa, ON and
Calagary, AB, Canada
and return
|
Flt Lt Ron Turley, Sgt Bob Turner, Cpl Hugh Curran, SAC Martin Gledhill plus 2.
Deployment of Lynx helicopter to Ottawa for cold weather trials and recovery of
AAC Beaver aircraft from Calgary to UK
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