January
Exercise Jungle Dog
Lyneham to Watton and return
Fg Off Colin Waite, Fg Off Steve Harpum, FS Howie
Firth, FS Roy Armstrong, Sgt Tony Last,  Sgt Owen
Connell, Cpl Ted Edwards plus others
January
Exercise Atap Hurdle
UK to Brunei and Shanghai,
PRC to UK
Fg Off Mark Attrill plus 2. Provision of Movements
support for the deployment of 40 RM Commando to
Brunei and the recovery of the CAS from China
January
Exercise Winter Deployment
Lyneham to Leuchars,
Scotland and Evenes, Norway
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, SAC Gus Turney, SAC Rick
Loveridge
January
Exercise Winter Deployment
Lyneham to Evenes, Norway
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Martin Turner, SAC
Steve Maunder, SAC Neil Cutler, SAC Rick Loveridge
January
Exercise Winter Deployment
Lyneham to Gardermoen and
Evenes, Norway
Sgt's Tony Last & Dave Roberts, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC
Sig Siggery, SAC Kilpatrick, SAC Dinger Bell
January
Tacomex
UK to Pope AFB, NC, USA
WO Mick Humphries plus 2. Deployment of TCW and
30 Sigs Regt to North Carolina for comms exercise
January
Exercise Sandy Wanderer
Seeb, Oman to UK
Fg Off Kettell plus 3. Recovery of pax and freight of
UKLF from Oman to UK
February
Exercise Statue
Lyneham to Wyton, UK
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Martin Turner, Cpl
Paul Wolsley, SAC Gus Turney, SAC Steve Maunder
February
Exercise High Trig
Kathmandu, Nepal to UK
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, SAC Gus Turney. Recovery
of 42 Survey Engineering Regt from Kathmandu Nepal
to UK.
February
Operation Banner
Brize Norton to Wattisham, UK
Fg Off Steve Harpum, Sgt Tony Last, SAC Neil Cutler
February
Special
Lyneham  to Calgary, AB,
Nellis AFB, NV, Wright
Patterson AFB, OH, and return
to Coltishall, UK
Flt Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, Cpl Martin Read. 
Tony Last was promoted to Flt Sgt during this trip (20
Feb 84).
February
Exercise Fiery Orient
Hong Kong to New Zealand
and return
Fg Off Steve Heaton plus 2. Rotation of elements of
UKLF between Hong Kong and New Zealand
February
Special
Brize Norton to Offutt AFB,
NB, and Calgary, AB
Flt Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC Rick Loveridge
February
Special
UK to Diego Garcia
Fg Off Joe Joseph plus 5. Delivery of essential freight to
BIOT (British Indian Ocean Territory) in support of
Royal Navy Task Group anchored in the Maldives
February
Special
Winnipeg, MB, Canada to UK
Fg Off Mark Attrill plus 5. Recovery of Milan Trials Team
and equipment from the Shilo Ranges in Canada to UK
March
Special
Brize Norton to Kindley NAS,
Bermuda, Homestead, AFB, FL
and Jacksonville, FL, USA
Flt Lt M Symonds, Flt Sgt Tony Last, SAC Chris
Trevellyn
March
Special
To Stornoway, UK
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon plus 2. Resupply of LOX to HMS
Illustrious
March
Special
Lyneham to Gardermoen and
Tromso, Norway
Fg Off Mark Blackburn, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Paul
Wolsley
March
Operation Knit
Patrick AFB, FL, USA to
Andros Island, Bahamas
Fg Off Colin Waitt plus 5. Logistic support to Royal Navy
shuttling equipment between Patrick AFB and the
Bahamas
March
Special
Lyneham to Laarbruch,
Germany and Benbecula,
Scotland
Flt Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Sig Siggery, SAC Martin Brown,
SAC Martin Jones, SAC Dinger Bell
March
Special
Brize Norton to Dulles, VA,
USA
Flt Sgt Tony Last. Three week detachment
March
Exercise Strident Call
Nairobi, Kenya to UK
Fg Off Steve Heaton plus 5. Recovery of 1 Battalion
Royal Irish Rangers from Kenya to UK
April
Exercise Larch Pole
Nairobi, Kenya to UK
Fg Off Howard plus 5. Recovery of 9 Para REME from
Nairobi, Kenya to UK
April
Exercise Open Gate
UK to Funchal, Madeira
Sqn Ldr Pete Arnold plus 2. Deployment of Royal
Marine Commando to Madeira
April
Special
Lyneham to Benbecula,
Scotland
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sgt Derek Baron,
Cpl Andy Hodgeson, SAC Pig Clarke, SAC Chis Chisolm
April
Exercise Laurie Pine
Auckland, New Zealand to
Hong Kong
Recovery of the Duke of Edinburgh Ghurka Regiment
from New Zealand to Hong Kong
May
Special
Lossiemouth, Scotland to
Eggebeck, Germany
Flt Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Norman Gage, SAC Micky Press,
SAC Chris Eastwood, LAC Mark Lishman, LAC Ed
Sundarajoo
May
Special
Brize Norton to El Paso, TX,
USA and return
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, SAC Pig Clarke
May
Exercise Iron Exchange
Brize Norton to Edmonton, AB
Canada
Fg Off Simon Baxter, Flt Sgt Tony Last, SAC Pig Clarke
May
Exercise Iron Exchange
Edmonton, AB Canada to Brize
Norton
Fg Off Steve Harpum, Flt Sgt Tony Last, SAC Mal Patton
June
Exercise Post Hardfall
Lyneham to Bergen and
Alesund Vigra, Norway,
Leuchars, Scotland and Bodo,
Norway
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sgt Martyn
Skelton, SAC Pig Clarke, SAC Chis Chisolm
June
Exercise Hologen Mercury
Lyneham to Diego Garcia
(BIOT) and Nairobi, Kenya
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt's Tony Last and Roy
Armstrong, Sgt Gerry Phelan, Sac's Pig Clarke and Maz
Smith
July
Special
Lyneham to Marham, UK and
Goose Bay, NL, Canada
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sac's Brum
Overgaard, Dinger Bell and Barrett
July
Exercise Nelson’s Glory
Johore Bahru, Malaysia to UK
Fg Off Neil Mackay plus 5. Recovery of 22 SAS to UK
after Jungle Training
July
Exercise Eiffel Tower
Lyneham to Gutersloh,
Germany and Benbecula,
Scotland
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Doug Melton,
Cpl Steve Perry, SAC Pig Clarke, SAC Gus Turney
July
Exercise Eiffel Tower
Lyneham to Benbecula,
Scotland and Gutersloh,
Germany
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sgt Derek Baron,
Cpl Martin Turner, SAC Pig Clarke. SAC Al Connel
August
Operation Harling
UK to Cairo, Egypt
Fg Off Steve Heaton plus 2. deployment of Fleet
Clearance Diving Team to Egypt.
August
Special
Lyneham to Diego Garcia
(BIOT)
Flt Lt Ian Beverley, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sgt Derek Barron
August
Exercise Coconut Grove
Hong Kong, Brunei and Fiji
Sgt Taff Eynon plus 2. Movement of Army units between
Hong Kong, Brunei and Fiji
August
Special
Lyneham to Waddington then
Gardermoen, Norway
Flt Sgt's Tony Last and Pete Mahon, SAC Pig Clarke,
SAC Johnson, SAC Wright, LAC Belcher
September
Exercise Snow Goose
UK to Bardufoss, Norway and
return to Wittering and
Coltishall
FS Gordon Black, Sgt Hugh Curran plus 1. Deployment
of Royal Marines to Norway and recovery of 1 Squadron
(Harriers) and 42 Squadron (Jaguars) to Wittering and
Coltishall
September
Special
Lyneham to Marham and
Honnington
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Jim Bissel
September
Operation Harling
Cairo, Egypt to UK
Fg Off Rich Green plus 2. Recovery of RN Fleet
Clearance Diving Team to UK after operations in the
Red Sea
September
Exercise Bold Gannet
Wittering, UK to Lyneham
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sgt Derek Baron,
Cpl Jim Bissel, SAC Pig Clarke, SAC Chis Chisolm
September
Operation Bagle
Andros Island, Bahamas
Fg Off Neil Mackay plus 5. AUTEC Torpedo trials in the
Bahamas
September
Coltishall Mineval
Lyneham to Tirstrup, Denmark
then Coltishall, UK
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sgt Derek Baron,
Cpl Jim Bissel, SAC Pig Clarke, SAC Chis Chisolm
September
Exercise Frosty Broad
UK to Dijon, France
FSgt Clive Hall plus 2.. Deployment of 5 Squadron
(Lightnings) to France
September
Exercise Bold Gannet
Lyneham to Vandel AFB,
Denmark
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, Sgt Derek Baron,
Cpl Jim Bissel, SAC Pig Clarke, SAC Chis Chisolm
September
Special
Lyneham to Mirimar AFB, CA,
USA
Fg Off Pete Kettel, Flt Sgt Tony Last, SAC Pig Clarke
October
Exercise Trial Phasta
Eglin AFB, FL, USA to UK
Fg Off Morgans plus 3. Recovery of Tornado OEU from
Florida to UK. (n.b. This task initially went awry when
the young Morgans took his team by road to Elgin in
Scotland.)
October
Exercise Peregrine Falcon
Kingston, Jamaica to UK
FS Colin Allen plus 2. Recovery of elements of UKLF
from Jamaica to UK
November 1984 -
November 1985
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
In-country delivery of relief supplies following famine in
Ethiopia
December
Exercise Instant Mercury
Port Moresby, New Guinea to
UK
Fg Off Colin Waitt plus 2. Recovery of 30 Sigs Regt and
TCW from New Guinea to UK
December
Exercise Tiger Trail 5
San Diego, CA, USA to
Wattisham
Fg Off Towler plus 2. Route support for the delivery of
F4J Phantoms bought from the US Navy and delivery to
Wattisham