| January |
Operation Silkman |
UK to Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Flt Lt Clulo, Sgt Steve Burke, Cpl Catchpole and SAC Higgins. Deployment of Field Hospital to Sierra Leone
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| January |
Operation Agricola |
UK to Thessaloniki, Greece |
Flt Lt Knight, FSgt Tim Pyne, Cpl Paul Crake and SAC Grant. Deployment of 3 Tank Transporter Squadron RLC to Greece
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| January |
Operation Fingal |
Afghanistan |
Support to the International Stabilisation Force in Afghanistan
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January
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Indian Earthquake |
Ahmadabad, India |
Flt Lt Mark Clulo, FS Paul Sykes, Sgt Pete McHenry, Cpl John Best, SACs Simon Hammond and Sean Walker. Delivery of emergency response teams and relief supplies following earthquake
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| February |
Exercise Torpedo Focus |
UK to Hill AFB, UT, USA |
Sgt Alec Ross, Cpls Don,(MAMS Eng) Baldy and Osbourne (4624 RAuxAF). Deployment of 617 Squadron (Tornados) from Lossiemouth to USA
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| February |
Exercise Torpedo Focus |
UK to Hill AFB, UT, and North Island NAS, CA, USA to UK |
FS John Purkis, Cpls Booth, Nixon and Heath (MSF). Deployment of 1 Squadron (Harriers) to Hill AFB and recovery of 1 PTS from San Diego
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| February |
Air Shows |
UK to Bangalore, India and Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
Sgts Gary Pym and Gareth Beynon, Cpls Gus Turney and Richardson (Lossiemouth MSF). Movements support to 12 Squadron (Tornados) at Indian and Australian Air Shows
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| February |
Exercise Magic Carpet |
Thumrait, Oman to Akrotiri, Cyprus |
Fg Off Tribble, Sgt Dave Clancy, SAC Higgins. Redeployment of 25 Squadron (F3 Tornado) from Oman to Akrotiri
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| March |
Exercise Quadruped |
Banak, Norway to UK |
Flt Lt Symons, FS Bob Simmons, Sgt Gary Pym, Cpls Booth and Bell, SAC Stubbs. Recovery of 2 Lynx Helicopters from Norway
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| March |
Exercise Joint Winter |
Evenes, Norway to Bruggen, Germany |
Sgt Dave Drake, SACs Haggerstone & Moore. Recovery of 37 Squadron RAF Regt from Norway to Bruggen
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| March |
Operation Agricola |
Skopje, Macedonia to UK |
Sgt Alec Ross, Cpl Brown, SACs Fitzpatrick & Sansome. Recovery of 45 Commando from Macedonia
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| April |
Special |
Eindhoven, Holland to Sarajevo, Bosnia |
Sgt Viv Neary-Phillips, SACs Hammond & Hicks. Deployment of Dutch forces from Holland to Sarajevo
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| April |
Operation Silkman |
Nairobi, Kenya to Freetown, Sierra Leone and Freetown to UK |
Flt Lt Leon Reece, Cpl Thomson. Redeployment of 1Bn LI from Kenya to Sierra Leone and recovery of 1Bn RGJ from Freetown to UK
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| April |
Exercise Argenic |
Waddington, UK to Bahrain |
Sgt Alec Ross, SACs Newell & Wakefield. Deployment of 51 Squadron (R1 Nimrod) from Waddington
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| April |
Operation Palatine |
Zagreb, Bosnia to UK |
Flt Lt Symons, FSgt Ken Holmes, Cpls Andrews & Blundon. Recovery of 1 Bn PWRR from Bosnia to UK
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| May |
Exercise Long Look |
UK to Brisbane, QLD and Sydney, NSW, Australia and return |
Flt Lt Harris, WO Keith Smith, Cpls Morrison & Hudson. Rotation of Tri-Service personnel between Australia and UK. |
| May |
Operation Silkman |
UK to Freetown, Sierra Leone and return |
Flt Lt Leon Reece, Cpls Lishman & Wiseman. Rotation of personnel and freight of 2LI between UK and Sierra Leone. |
| May |
Exercise Blue Game |
Aalborg, Denmark to UK |
Sgt McHenry, Cpl Steph Morrison, SAC Saunders. Recovery of 700, 849 & 815 NAS from Denmark to UK |
| May |
Operation Agenic/Exercise Saif Sareea II |
UK to Salalah, Oman and return |
Flt Lt Reece, SACs Disotto & Walker. Deployment of forward party for Saif Sareea II and recovery of passengers and freight of 51 Sqn (R1 Nimrods) from Oman to UK
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| June |
Exercise Pacific Gauntlet |
Nairobi, Kenya to UK |
Sgt Viv Neary-Phillips, Cpl Hudson, SAC Cross, Sgt James & Cpl Tobin (JHSU), Cpl Sparra Brooksby (Odiham MSF). Deployment of 657 Squadron AAC and recovery of Lynx Helicopter from Kenya to UK. |
| June |
Exercise Cossack Express |
Lvov, Ukraine to UK |
Flt Lt Brooks, Cpl Wiseman, SACs French, Morgan, Becket & Duncan. Recovery of elements of UKLF after exercising in the Ukraine. |
| June |
TALO |
Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
Flt Lt Gregory, Cpl Cameron, SACs Walker, Gasgoine & Rubio. TALO Display at Londonderry Air Show
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| June |
Exercise Carpathian Express |
UK to Bucharest, Romania |
Sgt Brown, Cpl Cameron, SACs Lewis & Moore. Deployment of TA Units to Romania. |
| June |
Exercise Rum Punch |
Homestead AFB, FL, USA to Kinloss, UK |
FSgt Rip Kirby, Cpl Paul Crake & SAC Graham. Recovery of Nimrod detachment from USA to Kinloss |
| July |
Exercise Cope Thunder |
UK to Eielson AFB, AK, USA |
Sgt Gary Beynon, Cpl Muff Mufford, SAC Brown, SAC Jones (RAuxAF). Deployment of 11 Sqn (F3 Tornado), 6 & 54 Sqn (Jaguars) from UK to Alaska
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| July |
C17 Trainer |
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles and Dover AFB, DE, USA to UK |
Sgt McHenry, SACs Bidwell & Graham. Recovery of 2 x Navy Olympus engines from the Netherlands Antilles and the recovery of a RB211 engine from Dover AFB. |
| July |
Exercises Distant Frontier and Cope Thunder |
Lajes, Azores |
Flt Lt Clulo, FSgt Rip Kirby. RAFLO duties in the Azores to assist with Trail/Recovery from Alaska. |
| August |
Exercise Saif Sareea II |
UK to Thumrait, Oman |
Flt Lt Gregory, Cpl Lishman, SAC Acott. Activation phase of exercise involving deployment of units from UK. |
| August |
Exercise Pinden |
Adana, Italy to Waddington, UK
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Fg Off Watson, Cpl Stu Latham, SACs Al Brown & Clough. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 51 Squadron (Nimrod R1) from Italy to Waddington
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| September |
Special |
UK to Crete |
Sgt Kinghorn, SAC Graham. Delivery of spare to Royal Navy Submarine HMS Triumph
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| September |
Operation Bessemer |
UK to Skopje, Macedonia and Pristina, Kosovo
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Skopje/Pristina - . Sgt Gary Beynon, Cpl Yorky Booth, SACs Acott & Bowman. Reforce of Detachments in Macedonia and Kosovo.
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| October |
Operation Veritas |
Afghanistan / Arabian Gulf |
UK contribution to US Operation Enduring Freedom
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| October |
Operation Abalate |
UK to Banja Luka, Bosnia and return |
FSgt Duncan Andrews, Cpl Booth, SAC Wright. Rotation of AAC Gazelle helicopters in Bosnia.
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| October |
Operation Cosmo |
Prestwick, Scotland to Norfolk NAS, VA, USA and return |
Sgt Mick Cocker, Cpls Craig Fitches & Thompson, SAC Knight. Rotation of Tomahawk Cruise missiles between Prestwick and USA.
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| November |
Special |
Tenerife, Canary Islands and Luqa, Malta to UK |
Sgt Al Stacey, Cpl Ginger & LAC Hickan (Both 4624 RAuxAf). Recovery of passengers and freight of 801 NAS (Sea Kings) from HMS Ocean in Malta and Canary Islands.
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| November |
Special |
UK to Decimomannu Sardinia |
Sgt Burke, Cpl Williams, SAC Hicks. Deployment of ASRAAM Missiles to Sardinia for trials with the Euro fighter.
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| December |
Operation Silkman |
UK to Lungi, Sierra Leone and return |
Sgt Taff Kelly, Cpl Baker, SAC Bowman. Rotation of Troops in Sierra Leone.
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| December |
Exercise Panther Cub |
Belize to UK |
FSgt Rip Kirby, Cpl Cameron, SAC Musson. Recovery of Infantry Company from Belize to UK.
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