January
Operation Veritas
  Diego Garcia to UK
Flt Lt Simon Cruse, Sgt Mick Cocker & Cpl Ian
Catchpole. Recovery of 2 Cruise Missiles and
associated equipment
January
Operation Silkman
UK to Freetown, Sierra Leone
Flt Lt Bellas (RAAF), Cpl Campbell & SAC Lewis,
resupply of Military Det in Sierra Leone
February
Operation Oracle
UK to Abu Dhabi, UAE and return
Cpl McHenry, Cpl Campbell, SACs Newell &
Pallace (JATEU). Lynx Helicopter rotation for 847
NAS
February
Exercise Snow Falcon
Bardufoss, Norway to UK
Flt Lt Sheehan, FS Duncan Andrews, SACs East &
John. Recovery of explosives from Norway to UK
utilizing C17
February
Operation Telic
Ramstein, Germany
FSgt Dave Drake, Cpl Owen, SACs Evans &
Hackett. Palletisation of explosives and Seafox
system for loading to a C17 and onmove to Kuwait
February
Operation Telic
Prestwick, Scotland to Brize Norton
FSgt Rip Kirby, Cpl Owen & SAC Fitzpatrick.
Preparation and collection of Storm Shadow
missiles from Prestwick utilising Hercules Mk3 and
transferring to C17 at Brize Norton for onmove to
Kuwait
February
Operation Determinant
UK to Brazzaville, Congo and
Kinshasa, Zaire to UK
Sgt “Hoss” Wall. Deployment of 1 Para Bn Belgian
Army to Congo and rescue of ex-pats from Zaire
March
Exercise Quadruped
Banak, Norway to Odiham, UK
FS Sykes, SACs Lewis, Cremin, Disotto, Woods &
Simpson. Recovery of 2 Lynx helicopters from
Norway to Odiham
March
Operation Palatine
UK to Banja Luka, Bosnia
Sgt Taff Kelly, Cpl Mick Wiseman, SAC Hammond.
Deployment of 2 Gazelle helicopters to Bosnia
March
Operation Keeling
Freetown, Sierra Leone to UK
FSgt Ian Dixon, Cpl Marshall, SACs Eastaugh &
Jones. Recovery of passengers and freight of 1Bn
Royal Ghurka Rifles from Sierra Leone to UK
April
Operation Agricola
UK to Thessaloniki, Greece and
return
WO Clive Bishop, SACs Bidwell & Hawken.
Roulement of various units from Macedonia
April
Exercise Fidae
UK to Santiago, Chile and Stanley,
Falkland Islands to UK
FS Sykes, SACs Musgrove & Holden (MSF
Leuchars). Route support for 2 Tornado F3
deployed for Chilean Air Show. Aircraft re-tasked
to fly to Falklands to recover u/s engine and
return to UK
April
Operation Telic
UK to Shaikh Isa AB, Bahrain and
return
Sgt Cam Paterson, SAC Jane Bevan. Rotation of
TLAM (Tomahawk Missiles) between Bahrain and
UK
April
Special
UK to Pristina, Kosovo and Ghedi
AB, Ialy
FSgt Steve Burke, SACs Mileham & Bevan.
Delivery of explosives to Kosovo and Italy
May
Exercise Ransom Recovery
Mombasa, Kenya to UK
Sgt Gary Pym, Cpl Baker, SACs Walker & Wright.
Recovery of personnel and equipment of 39
Squadron (Canberras) from Kenya to UK
May
Special
UK to Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, USA
Sgt McHenry, SACs Becket & East. Deployment of
AMRAAM Missiles from UK to USA by C17
Globemaster for firing trials
May
Operation Grapple
UK to Banja Luka, Bosnia
Flt Lt Shilvock, Cpl Paul Crake, SACs Williams,
Hammond & Wright. Deployment of gazelle
helicopters and support personnel to Bosnia
June
Operation Herrick
Afghanistan
Support to the international stabilisation force
June
Exercise Cossack Steppe
Krakow, Poland to UK
Recovery of elements of 25 RRV from Poland to UK
June
Exercise Cooperative Best Effort
UK to Tblisi, Georgia
Sgt Gary Pym & Cpl Hudson. Deployment of Tyne
Tees Regt TA from UK to Georgia
June
Exercise Celtic Barrier
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA to
Prestwick, Scotland
Sgt Scouse Armitage, Cpl Brunell, SAC Carter.
Recovery of Spearfish torpedoes from Florida to
Prestwick after AUTEC trials
July
Special
UK to Sydney, NSW, Australia
FS Duncan Andrews, Cpls Patterson & Andrews
(RAuxAf). C17 task to deliver 70,000lbs of
equipment to assist HMS Nottingham which had
run aground in Australia. (The Andrew’s are man
and wife!)
July
Lynx Rotation
UK to Belize and return
Sgts Wood & Ratcliff, Cpl Hillhouse, SACs Newell,
Tucker & Cremin. Rotation of Lynx helicopters
between UK and Belize
July
Operation Fingal
Odiham, UK
Sgt McHenry, SACs Musson & Brown. Recovery of
a CH47 Chinook from Afghanistan to UK
July
Afghanistan
FLt Lt Gary Sadler, Neil Baldock, Eddie Knight,
Chris Hoskinson, Darren Mileham Gordon Baker,
Sally John.  The recovery from Bagram FOB
August
Special
UK to Singapore and Sydney, NSW,
Australia to UK
WO Ray Ralph, Sgt Ray Wallace & SAC Harris.
Deploying Fleet Clearance Diving Unit by C17 to
Singapore and recovery to UK of ship’s bells from
HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse (sunk by
Japanese aircraft in WW2). Freight was also
delivered for HMS Nottingham in Australia and her
Lynx helicopter was recovered back to UK.
August
Exercise Golden Sands
UK to Aqaba, Jordan
Fg Off C Houghton, Sgt John Best & SAC
Wakefield. Deployment of 1 Bn KORBR from UK to
Jordan
September

   
October
Exercise Adventure Exchange
Lvov, Ukraine to UK
FSgt Terry Davies, SACs Flaherty & Sheppard.
Recovery of elements of AMFL from the Ukraine
October
Exercise Pacific Boat
UK to Bahrain and Kabul,
Afghanistan to Germany
Cpl Baker & SAC Pickersgill. Deployment of two
RIBs (Rigid Inflatable Boats) to Bahrain for HMS
Cardiff and recover of personnel of 32 Engineer
Regt from Afghanistan to Germany
November
Operation Fresco
United Kingdom
Emergency fire service coverage during national
fire fighter’s strike
December