January
Special
Boscombe Down, UK to Cold Lake,
AB, Canada
Special Fg Off Eric Howlett plus 5. Delivery of 60 drums of
aviation fuel from Boscombe Down to Canada
January
Special
Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA to
UK
Fg Off Ian Drake plus 5. Collection of Sparrow Missiles
from US for onmove to UK
January
Exercise Sun River
UK to Yundum, the Gambia
Flt Lt Fisher plus 2. Deployment of elements of UKLF to
Gambia for Jungle exercises
February
Special
UK to Yundum, the Gambia
Flt Lt Ron Turley, Sgt Bob Turner plus 1. Deployment of
Army Air Corps and 1Bn Coldstream Guards from UK to
the Gambia
February
Iranian Civil War
Bahrain and Iran
Flt Lt Guy Blyth, Cpls Bruce Oram and Gus Cobb.
Evacuation of British Nationals from Iran
February
Special
UK to Campbell AAF, KY, USA
FSgt Chas Cormack plus 2. Offloading explosives from UK
to Kentucky
March
Special
UK to Edinburgh Field, South
Australia and Brunei to UK
Flt Lt Len Henry plus 2. Offload of a Stonechat Missile in
Australia and recovery of elements of UKLF from Brunei
to UK
March
Exercise Medicine Man
UK to Calgary and Wright Patterson
AFB, OH, USA to UK
Flt Lt Dick Leonard, Sgt Alan Soane and Cpl Dick
Bullimore. Delivery of 2 Gazelle Helicopters to Calgary
and recovery of Sparrow warheads from Wright Patterson
AFB to UK
March
Exercise Northern Front
Akrotiri to Kingsfield, Cyprus
FSgt Charlie Grant plus 2. Deployment of 34 Squadron 
RAF Regiment from Akrotiri to Eastern SBA in Cyprus
March
Special
Cazaux, France to Honington, UK
FSgt Jack Jones plus 6. Recovery of pax and freight of 12
Squadron  (Buccaneers) from France to Honington
17 April
Earthquake Relief
UK to Titograd, Yugoslavia
FS Charlie Grant, Sgt Brian Connellan and Cpl JF Webb.
Delivery of earthquake relief supplies from UK to
Yugoslavia.
April
Special
Leuchars UK to Belize, British
Honduras
FS Sam Heaphy plus 2. Deployment of 27 Squadron RAF
Regt from Scotland to Belize
April
Exercise Sprung Tiger
Coltishall, UK to Tirstrup, Denmark
Fg Off Tom James plus 12. Deployment of 6 & 41
Squadron (Jaguars) from UK to Tirstrup in Denmark
April
Special
UK to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and
return
Fg Off Mike Fulker plus 1. Rotation of Royal Navy
personnel between UK and RN Task Force in Brazil
May
Exercise Pond Jump
West
UK to Namao, AB, Canada
FG Off Eric Howlett plus 2. Positioning of 1Bn Light
Infantry in Canada
May
Exercise Bright Horizon
Eggeback, Germany to Honington
Flt Lt Ron Turley, Sgt Bob Turner, Cpl Hugh Curran plus
3. Recovery of 12 Squadron (Bucaneers) from Germany to
Honington
19-21 June
Flood Relief
UK to Kingston, Jamaica
Relief supplies to Jamaica after flood
June
Special
UK to Ankara, Turkey
FS Chas Cormack plus 2. Re-supply of British Embassy
in Ankara
June
Special
UK to Miramar NAS, FL, USA and
Gander, NL, Canada
Flt Lt Dick Leonard plus 2. Delivery of RN Support
Helicopter trials equipment to Miramar NAS and carry
out an airframe change at Gander
13 July - 13 August
Relief supplies
Managua, Nicaragua and Panama
Red Cross Specials. Flt Lt Ian Drake, Cpl Gus Cobb plus
1. Delivery of relief supplies to Nicaragua following the
Nicaraguan Civil War. Whilst at Managua Airport the
Nicaraguan National Guard attempted to hijack the
aircraft. This attempt was foiled by the crew including Cpl
Gus Cobb for which they were later made members of the
RAF Escaping Society. Cpl Gus Cobb was later awarded a
Commendation by the AOC No 38 Group
July
Exercise Highwood
Honington to Lossiemouth,
Scotland
Fg Off Alan Brown plus 2. Deployment of 12 Squadron
(Bucaneers) to Lossiemouth
July
Special
UK to Lusaka, Zambia and Alverca,
Portugal to Yeovilton, UK
FS Charlie Grant. To support Royal visit to Lusaka and
uplift a Harvard aircraft at Alverca (Portugal) for onmove to
RNAS Yeovilton as a museum exhibit in the Fleet Air Arm
Museum
July
Exercise Latent Buzzard
Vandel, Denmark to Wittering, UK
Flt Lt Guy Blyth plus 5. Recovery of 1 Squadron
(Harriers) from Denmark to Wittering
August
Relief Aid
Barbados
Sgt Brian Connellan plus 2. Airlift of hurricane relief
supplies between Bermuda and Dominica
August
Exercise Ocean Safari
UK to Oerland, Norway
Flt Lt Alan Ovens, FS Stu Everitt, Sgt John McClymont,
SAC Kit Kitson plus 2. Deployment of 360 Squadron
(Canberra) from UK to Norway
August
Lone Ranger
Scampton, UK to Midway Island
Fg Off Dick Leonard plus 2. Deployment of personnel and
equipment of 27 Squadron (Vulcans) to Midway Island in
the Pacific
August
Special
Rygge, Norway to Leuchars,
Scotland
Fg Of Eric Howlett plus 5. Recovery of 43 Squadron
(Phantoms) from Norway to Leuchars
September
Exercise Fleet Buoy
Binbrook, UK to Akrotiri,Cypus and
Tehran, Iran to UK
Fg Off Alan Brown plus 8. Deployment of 5 Squadron
(Lightnings) to Akrotiri and recovery of spares and
equipment from Tehran to the UK
1-5 September
Relief Aid
UK to Barbados
Sgt Brian Connellan plus 2. Delivery of hurricane relief
supplies for Dominica
September
Exercise Ocean Safari
Wyton, UK to Oerland, Norway
Flt Lt Alan Ovens plus 2. Deployment of 360 Squadron
(Canberras) and equipment to Oerland, Norway
9 October - 22 November
Red Cross Relief
Supplies
Bangkok, Thailand to Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Flt Lt Mike Dora, Sgt Trev Edwards, Cpl Bruce Oram and
SAC 'Hammy' Thompson. Airlift of Red Cross supplies
from Bangkok to Phenom Penh. In the six weeks the
team were in-theatre, they managed to move 4 million
pounds of freight
October
Exercise Bulls Eye
Husum, Germany to Coltishall, UK
Flt Lt Thompson plus 7. Recovery of 54 Squadron
(Jaguars) from Germany to Coltishall
October
Exercise Maple Flag
Germany to Cold Lake, AB, Canada
FS Chas Cormack plus 2. Deployment of 20 Squadron
(Jaguars) from Germany to Canada
November
Special
Bangkok, Thailand to Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Flt Lt Dora, Cpl Bruce Oram plus 2. Delivery of Red Cross
supplies from Bangkok to Phnom Penh
November
Exercise Isle Doar
Nimes, France to UK
Fg Off Peter King, Cpl John Purkis plus 1. Recovery of 42
Squadron (Nimrods) from France to UK
19 December 1979 -
March 1980
Rhodesia / Nairobi
Sqn Ldr Macdonald, Flt Lt Mike Fulker, FS Chas
Cormack, Sgts Hugh Curran, Dixie Dean, Trev Edwards,
Brian Connellan, Cpls Keith Smith, Chris Thistle, Barry
Trudgen, SACs Keith Jevons, Stu Whitton, Martin Turner
plus 2. Movements support to the UK Monitoring Team
during the transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe
December
Exercise Red Flag/Giant
Voice
Waddington, UK to Nellis and
Barksdale AFB, USA
Flt Lt Eric Howlett plus 6. Deployment of Vulcan support
personnel and equipment to Nellis and Barksdale AFB