January
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Operation Vigour
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Mombasa, Kenya to Somalia
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FSgts Alec Simpson & Douggie Betambeau, Cpl Al Stacey plus 8.
Movements support to Hercules Detachment operating into Somalia
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January
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Guatemala
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Fg Off Dick Allen, FS Mick Maybery plus 7. Delivery of relief
supplies in country. Guatemala Refugee Crisis. Relief supplies for
displaced population
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February
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Special
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Jordan to UK
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Recovery of 1Bn Worcester & Sherwood Foresters
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February
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Exercise Trumpet Dance
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UK to Tacoma, WA, USA
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Deployment of 7 Ghurkha Rifles to Fort Lewis for Infantry Battle
Group Training
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February
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Operation Deny Flight
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UK to Bari and Aviano, Italy
and return
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Roulement of 8 Squadron (E3 AWACs) and resupply to HMS Ark
Royal
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March
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AUTEC
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Andros Island, Bahamas to UK
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Recovery of Spearfish torpedoes from test range to UK
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March
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RA Ranges
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Germany to Benbecula,
Scotland
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Deployment of tracked rapier from Germany to Hebrides Ranges for
Live shooting
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March
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Special
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Bahrain to UK
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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
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April
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Operation Deny Flight
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Gioia Del Colle, Italy
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Flt Lt Geoff Maple plus 2. Deployment to Italy to set up new MAMS
detachment. Air support for Peacekeeping in former Republic of
Yugoslavia
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April
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Exercise Grand Prix
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Nairobi, Kenya to UK
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FS Tony Feast returned to UK after 6 months detachment as
RAFLO
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May
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June
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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
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July
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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
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August
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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
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September
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Exercise Action Express
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Vaerlose, Denmark
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Sqn Ldr Hambly plus 11. IALCE exercise in Denmark
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September
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Special
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Brindisi, Italy
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Offload of 2 Sea King helicopters for HMS Ark Royal from a
chartered AN124 Ruslan in Italy
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October
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Exercise Longshot
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UK to Eglin AFB, FL, USA and
return
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FS Keith Smith, Cpl Mal Paton plus 1. Rotation of ECM pods at
Eglin AFB
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October
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Exercise Green River
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Cairns, QLD Australia to UK
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Flt Lt Jim Bridgman plus 5. Recovery of SBS from Australia to UK
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October
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Exercise Lavender Hill
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Salalah, Oman to UK
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Flt Lt Jane Finding plus 5. Recovery of 22 SAS from Oman to UK
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October
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Exercise Suman Warrior
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UK to Brunei and return
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Sgt Taff Kelly plus 2. Deployment of 42 cdo RM to Brunei and
recovery of 1 Para
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October
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Exercise Golden Sands
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Aqaba, Jordan to UK
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Flt Lt Andy Hulls plus 4. Recovery of 1Bn Royal Irish Regiment
from Jordan to UK
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November
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Exercise Desert Forger
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UK to Dubai, UAE and return
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Flt Lt Rich Prime plus 5. Rotation of 13 & 617 Squadron (Tornados)
support equipment at Dubai Air Show
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November
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Special
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Nairobi, Kenya to Botswana
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Flt Lt Geoff Maple plus 2. Move of SF personnel and equipment
from Kenya to Botswana
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November
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Exercise Early Star
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Aalborg, Denmark to UK
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FS Alic Simpson plus 2. Recovery of 849 NAS (Sea Kings) from
Denmark to UK
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November
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Exercise Lions Leap
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UK to Gaberone, Botswana
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Flt Lt Jane Finding plus 2. Deploy elements of elements of SF to
Botswana
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December
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Exercise Curry Trail
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UK to Brunei and return
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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
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December
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Exercise Sharp Guard
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Sigonella, Sicily to UK
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Flt Lt Rich Davidson plus 3. Recovery of 201 Sqn (Nimrods) from
Sicily to UK
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December
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AUTEC
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Cape Canaveral, FL USA to
Andros Island and return
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Flt Lt David Jacobs, FS Jim Buchanan plus 4. Rotation of Torpedos
between Florida and Andros Island
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