| January | Special | Kabul, Afghanistan to Abingdon, UK | Fg Off CF Clark plus 1. Recovery of a Hawker Hind from Afghanistan for the RAF Museum |
| January | Glasgow Housing Emergency | Wyton to Abbotsinch, Scotland | Fg Off Robbie James plus 7. Airlift of tarpaulins from Wyton to Glasgow. (Because of the extreme weather conditions only 2 Argosy sorties out of 10 were achieved) |
| January | Special | St Mawgan, UK | Fg Off John Beadman plus 3. Move of torpedoes from UK mainland to Ballykelly in Northern Ireland |
| January | Exercise Bright Water | UK to Winnipeg, Canada | Fg Off John Furney, Plt Off Chris Hyland plus 4. Deployment of 1RHA and 1BN Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry from UK to Canada |
| February | Special | West Raynham, UK to Germany | FS Dave Eggleton plus 2. Uplift of pax and freight from Norfolk to Germany in Andover Flt No 4907 |
| February | Special | Albert Plesman, Curacao to Ballykelly, Northern Ireland |
FG Off Worsley plus 5. Recovery of u/s Griffon engine from Shackleton in Curacao and return to Ballykelly, Northern Ireland |
| February | Special | Lisbon, Portugal to St Mawgan, UK | Fg Off Dave Powell plus 5. Recovery of u/s Griffon Aero Engine from Portugal and delivery to St Mawgan utilising Argosy Flt 4549 |
| February | Exercise Arabian Goddess | Benson, UK to Vaerlose, Denmark and return | Plt Off Charles Clark plus 5. Deployment of Advance party of 2 Div (UK) to Denmark and recovery of Advance party of 3Bn Royal Danish Lifeguards back to the UK. Argosy Tasks 4253/4/5 |
| March | Exercise Thirsty Catapult | West Raynham, UK | FS J Pirie plus 5. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 54 Sqn (Hunters) from Germany using Britannia Tasks 6543/6544 |
| March | Belfast Trainer | New York, NY USA to UK | Plt Off CF Clark plus 2. Collection of freight from USA for UK |
| March | Special | Odiham, UK | FS Al Storey plus 2. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 230 Squadron (Whirlwind) to Wittering on Argosy Task 4044 |
| 22 March | Torrey Canyon Oil Disaster | Scotland | 1 team deploy to Edinburgh to onmove oil dispersement equipment |
| March | Special | Gutersloh, Germany to Rygge, Norway | Flt Lt J Binns plus 4. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 4 Squadron (Hunters) from Gutersloh to Norway |
| April | Special | Bassingbourn/Valley | Plt Off Wiblin plus 1, Fg Off Nigel Sanders plus 1. Conveying civic Dignitaries to Valley utilising two Andovers to attend RAF 50th Anniversary Dinner |
| April | Exercise Parula | Odiham | Fg Off Chris Heyland plus 5. Deployment of Wessex helicopters to El Adem on Belfast tasks 6909 & 6910 |
| April | Exercise Nudge | Freetown, Sierra Leone to Luqa, Malta | Flt Lt D Edwards plus 5. Recovery of equipment of the Gambia Survey team from Sierra Leone to Luqa, Malta |
| April | Exercise Parula | Lossiemouth, Scotland | FS Bill Pirie plus 4. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 801 RNAS (Buccaneers) from Scotland to El Adem, Libya |
| April - May | Exercise Crayon | El Adem and Got-El-Afrag, Libya |
Squadron Leader Bill Jacobs, OC UKMAMS, an HQ element and 4 Teams deployed to Malta, in addition to two teams that were deployed to El Adem, to provide Air Movements facilities for the annual Joint Exercise Crayon (previously named Parula). |
| May | Special | Waddington, UK | Sgt Roy Armstrong plus 2. Deployment of No 1 Regional Band (RAF) to Aldergrove on Argosy Task 4542 |
| May | Special | Oerland, Norway to Kinloss, Scotland | Fg Off Jim Stewart plus 2. Recovery of a Griffon Power plant (Shackleton) from Norway to Kinloss, Scotland on Argosy Task 4010 |
| 28-30 May | Operation Ephod | Bermuda | 1 team deployed with 1st Battalion Royal Inniskillings to Bermuda to maintain civil order after riots |
| June | Special | Thorney Island, UK | Fg Off David Powell plus 2. Loading of classified freight at Thorney Island for RAF Luqa, Hercules Task 5004 |
| June | Exercise Medtacex | Elefsis, Greece to Ballykelly, Northern Ireland |
Flt Lt EM Coombes plus 5. Recovery of coastal Command personnel and equipment from Royal Hellenic Air Force Elefsis to Ballykelly of Belfast Task 6923 |
| June | Conductor | Berlin to Wildenrath, Germany | Flt Lt K P Murphy plus 5. Recovery of two Army Air Corps Scout helicopters from Berlin to Wildenrath on Argosy Task 4358 |
| July | Special | Shawbury, UK to Nicosia, Cyprus | Flt Lt K Murphy plus 5. Deployment of CPN4 radar system from UK to Nicosia on Belfast Task 6752 |
| July | Exercises Potton and Forefinger | UK to Gutersloh, Germany and El Adem, Libya and return | Fg Off Jim Stewart, Plt Off J Huggins plus 7 Positioning of 1Bn Royal Scots from UK to El Adem via Germany and recovery of 3Bn Queens Regt from El Adem to Gutersloh. VC10 Tasks 2642/6, Belfast Task 6927 and Britannia Tasks 6688/9/90/91 |
| 7-29 July | Operation Rustle | Northern Norway |
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| July | Exercise Carter Paterson | Keevil, UK | A joint 3 Division/38Gp exercise sponsored by MOD (AIR) to practice Airhead unloading/loading techniques adopted by the Air Transport Development Unit (ATDU). Squadron Ldr W Jacobs (OC) plus 5 Officers and 31 Airmen |
| July | Exercise Monte Bianco | Turin, Italy to UK | Plt Off C F Clark, Plt Off A Caird plus 1. Recovery of Army personnel from Italy to UK after adventure training in the Italian Alps |
| July | S&D Flight | UK to Iran | Plt Off Charlie Clark plus 3. Loading “Special” Argosy Task 5536 and offload in Tehran. |
| August | Exercise Maple Ranger | Scampton, UK to Toronto, ON, Canada | Fg Off David Benson plus 2. Deployment of personnel and freight in support of Toronto Air Show. Britannia Task 6406, Herc Task 3217 and VC10 2746 |
| August | Exercise Street | UK to Nairobi, Kenya | Fg Off Jim Stewart plus 2. Airlift of Strategic Command personnel from UK to Kenya. VC10 Task 2652 |
| August | Exercise Viking Ship | Scotland to Stavangar, Norway and return | Fg Off P A Wiblin plus 5. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 51 (Highland) Div from Scotland to Norway and recovery of elements of the Norwegian Defence Force from Norway to Scotland. Britannia Task 6520 |
| August | Exercise Heartsease | Rygge, Norway to Bruggen, Germany | Fg Off David Benson plus 7. Recovery of 17 Sqn (PR Canberras) from Norway to RAF Bruggen in Germany. Belfast tasks 6761 & 62 |
| September | Exercises Sane and Incumbent | UK to Kingston, Jamaica | Fg Off RG Clarke plus 2. Deployment of 1Bn Yorks and Lancs Regt from UK to Kingston, Jamaica |
| September | Exercise Swap | Bishops Court, UK | Tactical airlift of personnel between Colerne, Lyneham, Benson, Abingdon and Bishops Court |
| September | Exercise Agent | UK to Belize | Flt Lt EM Coombs plus 2. Positioning of personnel and equipment of 1 Bn Green Howards |
| October | Exercise Street | Embakasi, Kenya to UK | Flt Lt JP Murphy plus 8. Recovery of 1Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers Nairobi to UK utilising VC10, Britannia and Hercules |
| October | Exercise Pond Jump East | Fredericton, NB, Canada to Ballykelly UK |
FS Al Storey plus 2. Recovery of 2Bn Queens Regiment from Fredericton to Londonderry |
| October | Exercise Attract | Luqa, Malta to Accra, Ghana and return |
Fg Off DJ Powell plus 5. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 1 Bn Welch Regt from Accra to Luqa and recovery of units of Ghanian Defence force from Luqa to Accra. Britannia tasks 6591/2 and Herc task 3292 |
| October | Exercise Attract | Luqa, Malta to Accra, Ghana and return | Fg Off Charles Clark plus 2. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 1Bn Welsh Regiment from Ghana to Luqa (Malta). Recovery of elements of the Ghanian Defence Force from Malta to Accra. Hercules Task 3293 |
| October | Special | West Raynham, UK to Nicosia, Cyprus | Fg Off PA Wiblin plus 5. Deploying 6 x Bloodhound missiles from UK to Nicosia on Belfast task 6785 |
| October |
Exercise Hygro | UK to Nairobi, Kenya | Flt Lt JP Murphy plus 8. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 8 Field Squadron Royal Engineers from UK to Nairobi. Hercules tasks 3283/4 |
| November | Exercise Bitter Breath | Tangmere, UK to Brize Norton, UK | Fg Off Jim Stewart plus 4. Move of TCW freight form Tangmere to Brize Norton on Argosy task 4579 |
| November | Exercise Diagonal | UK to El Adem, Libya | Fg Off Charlie Clarke plus 5. Deployment of Air despatch equipment to Libya utilising Herc, Argosy and Andover aircraft |
| November | Special | Benson, UK to Topcliffe, UK | FS John Evans plus 2. Move of AR1 radar from Benson to Topcliffe utilising Argosy task 4041 |
| November | Exercise Diagonal | El Adem, Libya to RAF Benson, UK | Fg Off Dave (Dizzy) Benson plus 5. Recovery of exercise personnel and equipment of Air Support Command from Libya to RAF Benson |
| November | Exercise Eden Apple | Yeovilton, UK | Flt Lt EM Coombs plus 5. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 899 RNAS (Buccaneers) from Sardinia to UK. Argosy tasks 4264/5/6 |
| November | Exercise Eden Apple | Ballykelly, UK | Fg Off RG Clarke plus 4. Recovery of 203 Sqn (Shackleton) and Joint Anti-Submarine School personnel and equipment from Luqa to Ballykelly. Hercules tasks 3350/51 & Britannia task 6626 |
| November | Special | UK to Naples Italy and Luqa, Malta and return | Fg Off David Benson plus 2. Positioning and recovery of Valetta Engine in Italy and misc freight to Malta. Argosy task 4045 |
| December | Exercise Polevault | Belize, British Honduras to UK | Fg Off (Dangerous) Wiblin plus 5. Recovery of personnel and equipment of the Royal Engineers from Belize to UK |
| December | Special | Brize Norton, UK to Idris, Libya | Flt Lt J Murphy plus 2. Positioning of personnel and equipment of the Ministry of Information from Brize Norton to Tripoli, Libya utilising Belfast task 6798 |
| December | Ops Special | Scampton, UK to Cyprus and Return | Fg Off David Powell plus 5. Rotation of Redbeard Weapons and ancillaries between UK and Cyprus. Hercules task 3668 |
| December | Special | Laarbruch, Germany to Ghedi, Italy | FS W Pirie plus 2. Positioning of personnel and equipment from Laarbruch and 71MU to Italy on Argosy task 4404 |
| December | Special | Cottesmore, UK to Akrotiri, Cyprus and return | Fg Off Jimmy Stewart plus 4. Rotation of Redbeard weapons and associated equipment between UK and Cyprus |
