| January |
Operation Garron |
Far East |
Aid relief flights following the tsunami
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| January |
Operation Harmala |
UK to Curacao, Netherlands Antilles |
FSgt Steve Burke, Cpl Woods & SAC Duffy. Royal Navy support
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| January |
Humanitarian Spec |
UK to Penang and Banda Aceh, Malaysia |
Flt Lt Hale, Sgt K Eccles, Cpl Atkins, SACs Baker, Pursglove & Needham. Onmove of humanitarian freight in support of post-tsunami
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| February |
Exercise Tropical Storm |
UK to Belize and Redstone Field, AL, USA |
Flt Lt M Clark & Cpl Pickles Plowman. Deployment of 1Bn Green Howards to Belize and delivery of freight to Redstone, Alabama |
| February |
Exercise High Rider |
Coningsby, UK to China Lake NAS, CA, USA and Goose Bay, NL, Canada to UK
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FSgt M Rochester, SACs M Irving & C Gilburt. Deployment of Coningsby OEU freight to USA and recovery of Weapons Loaders from Goose Bay to UK
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| March |
Exercise Emerald Mercury |
Hyderabad, India to UK |
Flt Lt A Blackwood, Sgt Tony Douglas & SAC J Baker. Recovery of 30 Sigs Regt from India utilising 1 x C130J, 1 x VC10 and 1 x Charter DC8
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| March |
Operation Calicle |
Pristina, Kosovo to UK |
Flt Lt M Clark, Sgt Whatty Campbell, Cpl C Henderson, SACs M Collins, D Prewatt, B Chandler & Anderson. Recovery of Royal Ghurka Regiment from Kosovo to UK
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| April |
Operation Herrick |
Kandahar, Afghanistan. Bucharest, Romania and Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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Sgt Whatty Campbell, SACs Brown & Harrison. Rotation of 1 & 4 Squadron (Harriers) between Kandahar and UK. Task also included transferring freight from a VC10 to 2 French Air Force C160 Transalls in Tajikistan
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| April |
Exercise Devils Topper |
UK to Freetown, Sierra Leone and Malda, West Bengal to UK |
Sgt S Hughes, Cpl Paul Douse, SAC Hendy. Recovery of 14 Sigs Regiment from India and Deployment of vehicles to Sierra Leone
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| May |
ADEX |
Enschede, Holland to Tampere, Finland |
FS Mal Rochester, SACs Martin Brownhill & Prewett. Move of a Dutch F16 engine from Holland to Finland in support of RNLAF
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| May |
Exercise Diamond Cutter |
Maun, Botswana to Jonannesburg, South Africa |
Sgt Kev Skinner, SACs Woods & Glanville. Recovery of 2 Para from Botswana on C130J aircraft to South Africa to transfer to a Tristar |
| June |
Exercise Dragons Nest |
Leuchars, Scotland to Kecskemet, Hungary |
Flt Lt Fletcher, SAC Woods & Baker. Deployment of personnel and freight of 111 Squadron (F3 Tornadoes) from Leuchars to Hungary
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| June |
UAV Special |
Melsbroek AB, Belgium to Tuzla, Bosnia |
FS Tony Stock, Cpl Wright, SACs Anderson & Temple. Deployment of 80 Squadron (UAV) of Belgium Army to Tuzla in Bosnia utilising a C17 Globemaster
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| June |
Operations Herrick / Telic |
UK to Bagram, Afgfhanistan |
FSgt Ian Dixon, Cpl Pickles Plowman, SAC Pursglove & Bonner. Afghanistan resupply.
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| June |
Exercise Roman Devil |
UK to Belize and return |
Sgt Chris Blythe, Cpl McNair, SACs Johnston & Glanville (BAMF). Rotation of Infantry Company in Belize for jungle training
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| July |
Operation Herrick |
UK to Kandahar, Afghanistan & return via Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
Flt Lt Jones, SACs Carter & Smith. Deployment of 3 Squadron (Harriers) and recovery of 4 Squadron (Harriers) from Afghanistan via Tajikistan
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| July |
Operation Finbar |
Siauliai, Lithuania and Minsk, Russia to UK |
Sgt Eccles, Cpl Marshall, SAC Collins. Recovery of Sea King rotor blades from Lithuania and passengers from Russia to UK
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| July |
Operation Oculas |
UK to Banja Luka, Bosnia and return |
Flt Lt Wheatley, Cpl Baker, SACs Ainley, Brownhill, Geering & Talbott (BAMF). Rotation of Lynx Mk 7 helicopter in Bosnia.
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| August |
Operation Submarine Rescue |
Prestwick, Scotland to Yelizova, Eastern Russia |
FS Tony Stock, Cpl Morgan, SACs Bristow & Muir. To collect and deploy the UK Submarine Rescue Service from Prestwick to Yelizova, Eastern Russia
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| August |
Operation Crighton |
UK to Balad, Iraq |
FS Armitage, Cpl East, SACs Travers & Harrison. Deployment of SF Chinook, personnel and equipment to Iraq
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| August |
QiNetiQ Task |
Rock Springs, WY, USA to Boscombe Down, UK |
FSgt Mal Rochester, Cpl Musson, SACs Buist, Carter, Smith & Talbot. Recovery of a Sea King helicopter from USA to Boscombe Down in a C17
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| August |
Special |
Keeskemet, Hungary to UK |
Fg Off Hamilton, SAC Woods & Winter. Recovery of personnel and freight of 43 Sqn (Tornadoes) from Hungary to UK
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| September |
Hurricane Katrina |
New Orleans, USA |
Movement of over 500,000 rations packs to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina |
| September |
Exercise Jebel Sahara |
UK to Marrakech, Morocco |
Flt Lt Hale, Cpl Powell, SAC Sinden. Deployment of Royal Gibraltar regiment to Morocco
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| September |
ARIB Roulement |
UK to Dushanbe, Tajikstan |
FS Ian Robinson, Cpl Wright, SAC Tilston. Deployment of 1Bn Royal Gloucs Berks & Wilts to Tajikstan for onmove to Kabul with French Air Force
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| September |
Exercise Bersama Lima |
UK to Singapore |
Sgt Kev Skinner, SACs Becket & Jarrett. Deployment of RN Fleet Clearance diving Team to Far East
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| September |
Exercise Grand Prix |
UK to La Reunion and Nairobi, Kenya to UK |
FSgt Tony Stock, Cpl Powell, SACs Ainley & Winter. Delivery of Royal Navy diving platform and freight to La Reunion in the Indian Ocean and recovery of 2 x Mk9 Lynx helicopters from Nairobi to UK
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| October |
Exercise Torpedo Focus |
Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, USA to UK |
Sgt Kev Skinner, Cpl Wright, SACs Harris & Robinson, FS Viv Neary-Phillips (Route Checker) Deployment to Davis Monthan AFB to facilitate the recovery of the North American PEP using Tristar KC1 Config 2, 2 x C17. FS Neary-Phillips utilised this task to conduct a route check on Sgt Skinner
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| October |
RN Crew Change |
Prestwick, Scotland to Dubai, UAE and return |
FS Baz Murphy, Cpl Douse, SAC Temple. Change over of HMS Spartan Submarine crew in Dubai. Task also included deployment of a serviceable periscope for same vessel
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| October |
Operation Maturin |
Turkey / Pakistan |
Aid relief flights to Incirlik and Islamabad following earthquake
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