January
|
Exercise Fan Angel
|
Leuchars, Scotland to Keflavik,
Iceland
|
Fg Off Joe Joseph plus 2. Deployment of 111 Squadron
(Phantoms) from Leuchars to Iceland
|
January
|
Exercises Larch Pole and
Strident Call
|
UK to Nairobi, Kenya
|
Fg Off John Buchanan, FS Gordon Gray, Sgt Tony
Searle plus 3. Deployment of elements of UKLF to Kenya
|
January
|
VVIP Special
|
UK to Stanley, Falkland Islands
|
Deployment of special caravan for use by the Rt Hon
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister on first visit to the
Falkland Islands
|
February
|
Exercise Trumpet Dance
|
UK to McChord AFB, WA, USA
|
Fg Off Kettell plus 5. Deployment of Ghurkha Regiment
to Fort Lewis, Seattle for Infantry Battle Group Exercises
|
February
|
Exercise Bold Guard
|
Coltishall, UK to Jever, Germany
|
Fg Off Colin Waitt plus 5. Deployment of 6 Squadron
(Jaguars) from Coltishall to Germany
|
February
|
Exercise Western Fox
|
Lossiemouth, Scotland to Key West,
FL, USA
|
Fg Off Kettell plus 5. Deployment of personnel and
freight of 12 Squadron (Tornados) from Lossiemouth to
the Florida Keys
|
February
|
Exercise Red Flag
|
Coltishall, UK
|
Fg Off Buchanan, FS Gordon Gray, Sgt Tony Last, SAC
Brett Pardoe. Recovery of exercise elements from the
USA
|
March
|
Exercise Trial Lobby
|
Patrick AFB, FL, USA to Andros
Island, Bahamas
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Terry Roberts, Cpl Sully
Sullivan plus 3. Royal Navy torpedo trials in Andros
|
March
|
Exercise Cold Winter
|
Lyneham, UK to Bardufoss, Norway
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last,
SAC Andy Hodgeson, SAC Gus Turney. Movements
support for Arctic exercise
|
March
|
Exercise Cold Winter
|
Coltishall, UK to Bardufoss, Norway
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 7. Deployment of 41 Squadron
(Jaguar) from UK to Bardufoss
|
March
|
Special
|
St Mawgan to Sigonella, Sicily and
Naples Italy
|
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ham Thomson, SAC Pete Jones
|
March
|
Exercise Cold Winter
|
Coltishall, UK
|
FO Mark Vincenti, FS Roy Armstrong, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Phil Vicary, SAC Neil Harrison
|
March
|
Exercise Night Echo
|
Germany to Lisbon, Portugal
|
Fg Off Mark Attrill plus 2. Deployment of UK Troops
from 1Br Corps in Germany to Portugal
|
April
|
Exercise Top Slap
|
UK to Elmendorf, Alaska, USA
|
Sgt Brian Clarke plus 2. Deployment of elements of
UKLF to Alaska
|
April
|
Special
|
Lyneham to Benbecula, Scotland and
Gutersloh, Germany
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Steve Munday,
Cpl Steve Williams, Cpl Dougie Melton, SAC Pete Jones
|
April
|
Exercise Western Fox
|
Key West, FL, USA to Lossiemouth,
Scotland
|
Fg Off Simon Baxter plus 5. Recovery of 12 Squadron
(Buccaneers) from Florida to Lossiemouth
|
April
|
RA Ranges
|
Lossiemouth to Benbecula, Scotland
then on to Germany
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Hugh Curran plus 4.
Deployment of 15 Squadron RAF Regt to the Hebrides
from Lossiemouth and recovery of 16 AD Regt RA from
the Hebrides to Germany during rotation of Rapier
Missile Units
|
April
|
Taceval 2
|
Coltishall, UK
|
Sqn Ldr Chas Cruse plus 8. Support to Brize Norton’s
taceval by receiving outload ammunition loads.
Downloaded ammo returned by road
|
May
|
Missex
|
Benbecula, Scotland
|
FS Dave Abrams plus 5. Rotation of missile launcher
units at RA Ranges Hebrides
|
May
|
Exercise Pegasus Trail
|
Lyneham, UK to Watton and return
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney.
Movements support for 5 Brigade exercise
|
May
|
Exercise Larch Pole
|
Nairobi, Kenya to UK
|
Fg Off Waitt, Wg Cdr Dixon (OC UKMAMS) plus 2.
Recovery of elements of Royal Signals from Kenya to UK
|
May
|
Exercise Fleet Buoy
|
Binbrook, UK
|
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ham Thomson
|
May
|
HCS Trainer
|
Lyneham to Leeming, then
Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, return
via Leeming and Finningly
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
|
May
|
Exercise Adventure
Express
|
Incirlik, Turkey
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney plus
others
|
June
|
Operation Honey Gift
|
UK to Pease ANG, NH and Kirtland
AFB, NM, USA
|
WO Derek Pilkington plus 2. Deployment of MODPE
stores to USA
|
June
|
Exercise Adventure
Express
|
Cigli, Turkey
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 2. Providing Movements
Support in Turkey
|
June
|
Exercise Ginger Admiral
|
UK to Goose Bay, NL, Canada
|
Fg Off Joe Joseph plus 5. Deployment of RAFG Jaguar
Squadrons to Canada
|
June
|
Puma Rotation
|
Odiham, UK
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
|
June
|
Exercise Adventure
Express
|
Cigli, Turkey
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 2. UK Movements support to
aircraft staging through Turkey
|
July
|
Exercises Mulberry Tree
and Pickled Bear
|
UK to Minneapolis, MN, USA and
return
|
FS H Firth plus 5. Exchange of TAVR personnel with US
National Guard
|
July
|
Special
|
Wittering
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
|
July
|
Exercise Water Leap
|
UK to Toronto, ON, Canada
|
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon plus 5. Deployment of elements of
UKLF from UK to Canada
|
July
|
Exercise Filament
Mercury
|
Grantley Adams, Barbados to UK
|
WO Ivan Gervais plus 2. Recovery of TCW from Barbados
to UK.
|
July
|
North American Trainer
|
St Mawgan to Gander, NL, Ottawa,
ON, Scott AFB, IL, Holoman AFB,
NM, Moffett Field, CA and return
|
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Martin Turner, SAC Hoss Wall. Route
support
|
July
|
Exercise Hot Rod
|
Coltishall, UK
|
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SACs
Martin Read, Siggery and Bret Pardoe
|
August
|
Exercise High Trig
|
UK to Kathmandu, Nepal and Fiji
|
FS Alan Soane plus 3. Team travelled route on VC10
deploying elements of 264 Sigs Squadron to Nepal and
Fiji
|
August
|
Special
|
Brize Norton, UK to Edmonton, AB,
Canada and return
|
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC
Martin Read, SAC Sig Siggery, SAC Bret Pardoe
|
August
|
MOD Special
|
UK to Orlando, FL, USA
|
Fg Off Kettell plus 5. Loading trials with M113 Tracked
vehicle in Florida
|
August
|
Exercise Tardy Spectre
|
UK to Andoya and Bodo, Norway,
return to Wattisham, UK
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, Wg Cdr Bob Dixon (OC
UKMAMS), FS Mick Day, FS Roy Armstrong, Sgt Tony
Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SACs Andy Hodgeson, Martin
Read and Gus Turney
|
September
|
Lebanon Peacekeeping
Force
|
Akrotiri, Cyprus
|
Fg Off Andy Towler plus 5. At no notice, the standby
team were deployed to Lossiemouth, Scotland with the
QRA aircraft to deploy a force of Buccaneers from 12
Squadron to Akrotiri to support the multi national
peacekeeping force in Lebanon
|
September
|
Exercise Fast Brick
|
Lyneham to Leuchars, Scotland,
return by rail
|
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC Gus Turney
|
September
|
Operation Pulsator
|
Lossiemouth, Scotland
|
Fg Off Andy Towler plus 5. Deployment to Scotland with
QRA aircraft to move 12 Squadron (Buccaneers) to
Cyprus to support UN operations in Beirut
|
September
|
TAC Demos
|
Lyneham to St Athan, Wales and
return
|
Sgt Tony Last, Sgt John McClymont, Cpl Dinger Bell,
SAC Simon Spence
|
September
|
Exercise Coconut Grove
|
Fiji and Brunei to Hong Kong
|
FS Gordon Black plus 3. Recovery of 1Bn Scots Guards
from Fiji and Brunei to Hong Kong
|
September
|
Special
|
Lyneham to Halifax, NS, Bagotville,
QC, Ottawa, ON, Canada and return
|
Sgt Tony Last, SAC Phil Ingram
|
September
|
Special
|
Lyneham to Tirstrup, Denmark
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney plus
others
|
October
|
Special
|
Seeb, Oman and New Delhi, India
|
Fg Off Mark Attrill plus 2. Route support duties in Oman
and New Delhi
|
October
|
Exercise Winged Victory
|
Waddington, UK to Lyneham
|
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
|
October
|
Far East Support
|
Hong Kong, New Guinea and Fiji
|
Sgt Taff Price plus 2. Rotation of Ghurka personnel and
equipment between Hong Kong, New Guinea and Fiji
|
October
|
Special
|
Marham, UK to Schleswig, Germany
and return
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Tony Last, SAC Martin Brown
|
October
|
Rapier Rotation
|
Benbecula, Hebrides
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 6. Positioning of 37 Squadron
RAF Regiment and recovery of 26 Squadron RAF
Regiment from the RA Ranges in the Hebrides
|
October
|
Taceval Part 2
|
Brize Norton, UK
|
Squadron Ldr Pete Arnold plus 2 officers and 28 airmen.
Receiving ammo pallets inbound from Lyneham, Keevil
and Boscombe Down
|
October
|
Taceval Part 2
|
Brize Norton to Lyneham
|
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Tony Last, SAC Martin Brown
|
November
|
Special
|
UK to New Delhi, India
|
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Dave Salmon.
Delivery of three Range Rovers to the British High
Commission for use during HM Queen’s tour of the
Commonwealth
|
November
|
Special
|
Lyneham to Benbecula, Scotland and
return
|
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC Gus
Turney, SAC Rick Loveridge
|
November
|
Exercise Red Flag
|
UK to Nellis AFB, NV, USA
|
Fg Off Kettell, FS Gordon Gray plus 2. Deployment of
advance elements of Strike command for Nevada exercise
|
November
|
Special
|
Edinburgh, UK
|
FS Owen Connell plus 2. Recovery of Police from
Greenham Common after security duties and return to
Scotland
|
November
|
Special
|
Heathrow, UK to Nairobi, Kenya and
return
|
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon, Flt Lt Phil Britton, Fg Off Graham
Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards,
SAC Gus Turney
|
December
|
Special
|
UK to Whenupai, New Zealand
|
Fg Off Steve Heaton, Sgt Pete Johnston plus 1. Delivery
of Royal Navy personnel and equipment for HMS
Invincible in New Zealand
|
December
|
Special
|
UK to Kathmandu, Nepal
|
Sqn Ldr Jon Faulconer plus 3. Delivery of medical
supplies to Nepal
|
December
|
Operation Roust
|
Greenham Common to Warton
|
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC Rick Loveridge
|
December
|
Special
|
Greenham Common
|
FS Dave Abrams plus 2. Rotation of Civil Police between
Greeenham and Waddington as part of protection
against Nuclear protestors
|
December
|
Navy Re-supply
|
UK to Singapore
|
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ham Thompson,
SAC Rod McBoyle, SAC Hoss Wall, SAC Martin Brown.
Christmas standby team called out to deliver urgent
stores to HMS Invincible
|