January
Operation Vigour
Mombasa, Kenya to Somalia
FSgts Alec Simpson & Douggie Betambeau, Cpl Al Stacey plus 8.
Movements support to Hercules Detachment operating into Somalia
January
Guatemala
Fg Off Dick Allen, FS Mick Maybery plus 7. Delivery of relief
supplies in country. Guatemala Refugee Crisis. Relief supplies for
displaced population
February
Special
Jordan to UK
Recovery of 1Bn Worcester & Sherwood Foresters
February
Exercise Trumpet Dance
UK to Tacoma, WA, USA
Deployment of 7 Ghurkha Rifles to Fort Lewis for Infantry Battle
Group Training
February
Operation Deny Flight
UK to Bari and Aviano, Italy
and return
Roulement of 8 Squadron (E3 AWACs) and resupply to HMS Ark
Royal
March
AUTEC
Andros Island, Bahamas to UK
Recovery of Spearfish torpedoes from test range to UK
March
RA Ranges
Germany to Benbecula,
Scotland
Deployment of tracked rapier from Germany to Hebrides Ranges for
Live shooting

March
Special
Bahrain to UK
Flt Lt Cumberland, FS Floyd Paterson, Sgt “Pinky” Salmon, Cpl
Sandy Sanderson, SAC Simon Clarke plus 1. Collection of race
horses from the Gulf to UK on a Tristar KC1
April
Operation Deny Flight
Gioia Del Colle, Italy
Flt Lt Geoff Maple plus 2. Deployment to Italy to set up new MAMS
detachment. Air support for Peacekeeping in former Republic of
Yugoslavia
April
Exercise Grand Prix
Nairobi, Kenya to UK
FS Tony Feast returned to UK after 6 months detachment as
RAFLO
May

   
June
Members of MAMF continued to man the Detachments in Dhahran, Incirlik, Split and Ancona. Flt Lt Geoff Maple was tasked to
create a new Detachment at Gioia Del Colle in support of Op Deny Flight
July
The Detachments continued in Saudi, Croatia, Italy and Turkey. Three members of C Shift (BAMF) were tasked to collect a gorilla
from Heathrow and deliver it to Jersey Zoo
August
Most of the Mobile Teams this month were involved with Exercise Roaring Lion and were deployed at either Abingdon or Keevil.
Operation Cloister also took place which was a task to Archangelisk in Russia for a memorial service for the crew of a downed
WW2 aircraft
September
Exercise Action Express
Vaerlose, Denmark
Sqn Ldr Hambly plus 11. IALCE exercise in Denmark
September
Special
Brindisi, Italy
Offload of 2 Sea King helicopters for HMS Ark Royal from a
chartered AN124 Ruslan in Italy
October
Exercise Longshot
UK to Eglin AFB, FL, USA and
return
FS Keith Smith, Cpl Mal Paton plus 1. Rotation of ECM pods at
Eglin AFB
October
Exercise Green River
Cairns, QLD Australia to UK
Flt Lt Jim Bridgman plus 5. Recovery of SBS from Australia to UK
October
Exercise Lavender Hill
Salalah, Oman to UK
Flt Lt Jane Finding plus 5. Recovery of 22 SAS from Oman to UK
October
Exercise Suman Warrior
UK to Brunei  and return
Sgt Taff Kelly plus 2. Deployment of 42 cdo RM to Brunei and
recovery of 1 Para
October
Exercise Golden Sands
Aqaba, Jordan to UK
Flt Lt Andy Hulls plus 4. Recovery of 1Bn Royal Irish Regiment
from Jordan to UK
November
Exercise Desert Forger
UK to Dubai, UAE and return
Flt Lt Rich Prime plus 5. Rotation of 13 & 617 Squadron (Tornados)
support equipment at Dubai Air Show
November
Special
Nairobi, Kenya to Botswana
Flt Lt Geoff Maple plus 2. Move of SF personnel and equipment
from Kenya to Botswana
November
Exercise Early Star
Aalborg, Denmark to UK
FS Alic Simpson plus 2. Recovery of 849 NAS (Sea Kings) from
Denmark to UK
November
Exercise Lions Leap
UK to Gaberone, Botswana
Flt Lt Jane Finding plus 2. Deploy elements of elements of SF to
Botswana
December
Exercise Curry Trail
UK to Brunei and return
Flt Lt Jason Comfort, WO Ian Berry, Sgt Dave Salmon, SACs Spara
Brooksby and Phil Overson plus 1. Rotation of Royal Marines in
Brunei for jungle warfare training
December
Exercise Sharp Guard
Sigonella, Sicily to UK
Flt Lt Rich Davidson plus 3. Recovery of 201 Sqn (Nimrods) from
Sicily to UK
December
AUTEC
Cape Canaveral, FL USA to
Andros Island and return
Flt Lt David Jacobs, FS Jim Buchanan plus 4. Rotation of Torpedos
between Florida and Andros Island