January
|
Special
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UK to Marseilles, France
|
Sgt Rocky Knowles plus 3. Delivery of 2 Spey engines
for the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle
|
January
|
Special
|
Lyneham to Warton, UK
|
Flt Lt Roger Wood, SAC Tony Gale plus 5. Delivery of
Lightning fighter to BAC on Belfast task 6792
|
January
|
Reforce
|
El Adem, Libya
|
Flt lt Murphy, JT Ted Moore plus 5. Reforce of Air
Movs Squadron El Adem to assist with withdrawal
after Captain Gadaffi had ordered British Forces out
of Libya after his coup against King Idris
|
February
|
Special
|
Wattisham, UK to Akrotiri, Cyprus
|
Uplift of personnel and equipment of 23 Squadron
(Lightnings) from UK to Akrotiri utilising Argosy task
4536 and Britannia task 6485
|
February
|
Special
|
UK to Punta Arenas, Chile
|
Fg Off Paul Steiner plus 2. Delivery of a Royal Navy
helicopter to Chile
|
February
|
Special
|
Montreal, QC, Canada to Heathrow, UK
|
Fg Off Paul Steiner, Cpl Colin Eyres plus 4. Airlift of
Boeing 747 Crew Simulator from Montreal to
Heathrow on board Belfast Flt 6798
|
February
|
Exercise Arctic Express
|
Waterbeach, UK to Andoya, Norway
|
Fg Off Frank Holmes plus 4. Airlift of Rotary
Hydraulic Arrestor Gear (RHAG) to Andoya, Norway to
support Phantom Fighters
|
February
|
Special
|
Kinloss, Scotland to Ballykelly and St
Mawgan
|
FSgt Don Wickham plus 5. Collection of flame floats
from Kinloss for delivery to RAF Ballykelly and RAF
St Mawgan on Herc tasks 3871 & 72
|
March
|
Special
|
Namao, AB, Canada to Boscombe Down,
UK
|
Flt Lt Edwards plus 5. Recovery of Harrier aircraft
from Canada to Boscombe Down on Belfast task 6766
|
March
|
Special
|
UK to Ankara, Turkey
|
Plt Off Frank Holmes plus 5. Delivery of personal
effects of Air Marshall Stack, Air Marshall Sir
Frederick Rosier and Air Chief Marshall Sir Augustus
Walker from Cranwell to Turkey on Argosy task 4408
|
March
|
Special
|
Manchester, UK to Lisbon, Portugal
|
FSgt Roy Millington plus 4. Airlift of 18,000lb ships
turbine to Lisbon, Portugal for Esso Northumbria
|
March
|
Exercise Arctic Express
|
Andoya, Norway to Waterbeach, UK
|
FSgt Roy Millington plus 4. Recovery of a Rotary
Hydraulic Arrester Gear (RHAG) and personnel of 39
Regt RE from Norway to Waterbeach
|
March
|
Special
|
West Raynham, UK
|
Fg Off Brian Shorter plus 4. Deployment of personnel
and equipment of 41 Sqn (Hunters) from UK to
Cyprus
|
2-24 April
|
Earthquake Relief
|
UK to Eskishir, Turkey
|
Relief supplies to Turkey after earthquake
|
April
|
Special
|
Coningsby, UK to Gutersloh, Germany
|
Cpl Spiller plus 3. Positioning of support equipment
of 54 Squadron (Phantoms) at Gutersloh for the
Hanover Trade Fair
|
April
|
Special
|
Eskishir, Turkey to Laarbruch, Germany
|
Flt Lt Alan Walker plus 5. Recovery of Canberra
ground support equipment from Turkey to Laarbruch
|
April
|
Special
|
Berlin to Wildenrath, Germany
|
Fg Off Paul Steiner, Sgt Rocky Knowles, Cpl Sandy
Sandiford plus 3. Recovery of Scout helicopters from
Berlin to Wildenrath
|
April
|
Special
|
Linton on Ouse, UK
|
Sgt Bob Husband plus 2. Relocation of an AR1 Radar
Unit from Yorkshire to Chivenor
|
May
|
Exercise Cameron
|
Leuchars, Scotland to Luqa, Malta
|
Flt Lt Meikle plus 5. Deployment of 23 Squadron
(Lightnings) from Leuchars to Malta (utilising 2
Belfast and 3 Britannia sorties)
|
May
|
Exercise Dainty Dance
|
UK to Karup, Denmark
|
Fg Off Frank Holmes plus 5. Deployment of 848 NAS
(SeaKings) from UK to Denmark
|
30 May
|
Flood Relief
|
UK to Bucharest, Romania
|
Relief supplies to Romania after flooding
|
June - July
|
UK to Changi, Singapore and Penerak,
Malaya
|
Sqn Ldr Mike Slade (OC UKMAMS), Flt Lt Roger
Wood, Flt Lt Jim Stewart, Flt Lt Meikle, Fg Off Paul
Steiner plus 16. Deployment of 19 Infantry Brigade
and Wessex helicopters to the Far East to participate
in a 5 Nations exercise
|
|
June
|
Exercise Dawn Patrol
|
Coningsby, UK to Cervia, Italy
|
FS Alan Wincott plus 5. Deployment of 6 Squadron
(Phantoms) from Coningsby to Italy
|
June
|
Special
|
Oakington, UK
|
FS Roy Millington plus 2. Collection of private car
and personal effects and staff of AM Hodgkinson,
AOC in C NEAF on Argosy Flt 4043 of 70 Squadron
|
June
|
Special
|
Ottawa, ON, Canada to Cranwell, UK
|
Fg Off Paul Steiner, Sgt Rocky Knowles, Cpl Colin
Eyres, SAC Sandy Sandiford plus 2. Recovery of
Snipe Aircraft from CFB Uplands to RAF Cranwell to
mark 50th Anniversary of Cranwell.
|
28 June
|
Operation Marginal
|
Northern Ireland
|
3 MAMS teams reinforce Northern Ireland
|
July
|
Exercise Bersatu Padu
|
Tangmere, UK
|
FS Don Wickham, Sgt Dave Barton, SAC Tony Gale
plus 3. Offload of two Wessex helicopters and
equipment on return from Far East
|
July
|
Operation Marginal
|
Aldergrove, Northern Ireland
|
FS Alan Wincott plus 4. Deployment of
reinforcements to Northern Ireland
|
July
|
Special
|
Boscombe Down, UK to Edwards AFB,
CA. USA and Texas to UK
|
Flt Lt Meikle plus 6. To convey a Sea King Helicopter
from Boscombe Down to Edwards AFB, CA and
recovery of British World Glider Team and gliders
from Texas to UK.
|
August
|
Exercise Waterleap
|
UK to Quebec, Canada
|
FS Levy plus 2. Deployment of 51 Squadron Royal
Engineers from UK to Quebec, Canada
|
August
|
Special
|
Vancouver, BC, Canada to UK
|
Fg Off David Benson plus 6. Recovery of sectional
components of a Stranraer Flying Boat from Canada
to UK for RAF Museum
|
August
|
Exercise Vendetta
|
Culdrose, UK
|
Fg Off Knight plus 6. Deployment of personnel and
equipment of 826 RNAS (Sea King) from UK to
Bergen, Norway
|
August
|
Special
|
Cherry Point, NC, USA to UK
|
Special. Fg Off Frank Holmes plus 5. Recovery of
Harrier after tests in Yuma, AZ and Cherry Point, NC,
USA.
|
21 September - 8 October
|
Cyprus to Amman, Jordan
|
2 Teams from NEAF MAMS and 1 team from
UKMAMS to Jordan to assist in the evacuation of
refugees during Jordanian civil war and to deploy
Army surgical team to Beirut and Amman
|
|
September
|
Exercise Alchemist and
Earthquake Relief
|
UK to Lima, Peru and return to Wyton
|
Flt Lt Steve Taylor, FSgt Don Wickham, Sgt Dave
Barton, Sgt Robbie Robertson (MAMS Eng), SAC
Tony Gale, SAC Pete Chappell, Delivery of portable
schools to Peru as part of earthquake relief and
recovery of 360 Squadron (Canberras) to Wyton
|
September
|
Special
|
UK to Khartoum, Sudan
|
Flt Lt Green plus 1. Delivery of a Griffon engine to a
u/s Shackleton in the Sudan
|
September
|
Special
|
Wattisham to Valley, UK
|
Fg Off Brian Shorter plus 2. Move of Firestreak
missiles from Wattisham to Valley
|
September
|
Exercise Vendetta
|
Bergen, Norway to Culdrose, UK
|
Recovery of 826 RNAS (SeaKings) from Norway to
Culdrose
|
September
|
Northern Ireland
Rotation
|
Gutersloh, Germany to Belfast, Northern
Ireland
|
Fg Off Dave Benson plus 4 Rotation of 1Bn Kings
Regiment and 1Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
between Germany and Northern Ireland.
|
September
|
Historical Aircraft Move
|
Chivenor, St. Athan and Leauchars, UK
|
Fg Off Green plus 3. Move of Sopwith Camel, Bristol
Scout and Flying Bicycle between Chivenor, St Athan
and Leuchars.
|
October
|
Exercise Epicurus
|
West Raynham, UK to Decimomannu,
Sardinia
|
Fg Off Brian Shorter plus 5. Deployment of 6
Squadron (Hunters) from West Raynham to Sardinia
|
October
|
Operation Shoveller
|
Akrotiri to Amman, Jordan
|
Fg Off Dave Benson plus 4. Resupply of No 2 Field
Ambulance daily from Akrotiri
|
October
|
Exercise Gold Tint
|
Ouston, to Wittering, UK
|
Flt Lt Morton plus 4. Recovery of freight and
personnel of 1 Squadron (Harriers) from
Northumberland to Wittering
|
October
|
Exercise Lime Jug
|
Leuchars, Scotland to Decimomannu,
Sardinia
|
Flt Lt Meikle plus 5. Deployment of 11 & 43
Squadrons (Lightnings) to Decimomannu
|
November
|
Special
|
Catterick, UK
|
Fg Off Glen Morton plus 1. Carrying out slinging
trials with Tiger Cat missiles of 48 Squadron RAF
Regt
|
November
|
Special
|
UK to Beirut, Lebanon
|
Flt Lt Johnson plus 5. delivery of Boeing 707
Simulator to Lebanon on Belfast Task 6763
|
November
|
Historical Aircraft Move
|
Biggin Hill to Leuchars then to St
Athan, UK
|
Fg Off Green plus 3. Airlift of Bristol Scout to
Leuchars and then a Sopwith Camel from Leuchars
to St Athan
|
December
|
Exercise Hospidar
|
Topcliffe to Machrihanish, UK
|
Flt Lt Bill Wellman plus 4. Deployment of 16
Squadron RAF Regt from Yorkshire to Machrihanish
|
December
|
Special
|
Bruggen, Germany to Belfast, Northern
Ireland and return
|
FSgt Tony Barrell plus 3. Rotation of 3 Scout
helicopters between Germany and Northern Ireland
|
December
|
Special
|
UK to Wildenrath, Germany and return
|
Fg Off Knight plus 4. Rotation of Scout helicopters of
131 Flight Army Air Corps in Germany
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