January
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Exercise Dogfish
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UK to Sigonella, Sicily
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Flt Lt Ian Drake, Sgt Hope Irving and Cpl Barrie
Wilson. Deployment of 120 Squadron (Nimrods) to
Sicily
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January
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Exercise Red Flag
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Nellis AFB, NV, USA to Lossiemouth,
Scotland
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Flt Lt Peter Burch plus 2. Recovery of 2 Squadron
(Jagaurs) from USA to UK
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February
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Exercise Trumpet Dance
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UK to Fort Campbell, KY, USA
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Flt Lt Al MacBean plus 2. Deployment of elements of
UKLF to Fort Campbell
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February
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Exercises Fork Barge
and Flush Beam
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Wattisham to Akrotiri, Cyprus and
return
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FSgt Stu Everitt plus 2. Deployment of 23 Squadron
(Phantoms) to Akrotiri and recovery of 56 Squadron
(Phantoms) to UK
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March
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Operation Agila
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Mombasa, Kenya
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Flt Lt Ian Drake plus 3. Providing movements support
in Kenya for Operation Agila aircraft staging through
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March
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Special
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Nanyuki, Kenya
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Flt Lt Ian Drake plus 5. Tactical Air Transport
assistance to the Kenyan Air Force to move a Marconi
Air Defence Radar
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March
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Exercises Hardfall,
Clockwork and Anorak
Express
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Bergen, Trondheim and Fornebu,
Norway
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FS Liam Devlin, Charlie Grant and Sgt Ian Thomson.
To provide Movements support at Bergen, Trondheim
and Fornebu respectively
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March
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Exercise Anorak Express
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Tromso, Norway to Wittering, UK
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Flt Lt Bateman plus 7. Recovery of 1 Sqn (Harriers)
from Norway to Wittering
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April
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Exercise Maple Flag
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Wittering to Kinloss, UK
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Fg Off Martin Gannon plus 5. Deployment of 1
Squadron (Harriers) from Wittering to Kinloss for
exercise work-up
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April
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Exercise Catherine
Wheel
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Coltishall, UK
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Flt Lt Peter Burch plus 8. Deployment of Jaguar
personnel and equipment
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April
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Exercise Maple Flag
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UK to Cold Lake, AB, Canada
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Flt Lt Fisher plus 5. Deployment of freight and
personnel of Strike Command to Canada
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April
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Zimbabwe Independence
Ceremonies
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Salisbury (Harare), Zimbabwe
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Flt Lt Fulker plus 1. Zimbabwe Independence
Ceremonies. Royal and VIP Flight handling; HRH
Prince of Wales, Lord Carrington and Lord Soames
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May
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Exercise Firebrick
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Leuchars, Scotland
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FS Chas Cormack plus 5. Deployment of personnel
and equipment of 43 Squadron (Phantoms)
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May
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Exercise Tardy Spectre
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Rygge, Norway to Wattisham, UK
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FS Liam Devlin plus 5. Recovery of 29 Squadron
(Phantoms) from Norway to Wattisham
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12 June - 28 August
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Operation Titan
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UK to Porta Vila, New Hebrides
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Flt Lt Ian Drake, Sgt Hope Irvine, Cpl Ian Bell plus 3.
Deployment of Royal Marines to New Hebrides in
support of FCO to stabilize civil unrest
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June
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Exercise Pond Jump
West
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Germany to Namao, AB, Canada and
return
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Fg Off Dorman plus 5. Rotation of Infantry Battle
Groups between Germany and Canada
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June
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Exercise Frosty Broad
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Binbrook, UK to Rheims, France
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Fg Off Mike Fulker plus 3. Deployment of 11 Sqn
(Lightnings) to Rheims, France
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June
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Exercise Jet Set
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Coltishall, UK to Denmark
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Fg Off Ian Russel plus 5. Deployment of 41 Sqn
(Jaguars) from UK to Denmark
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July
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Exercise New Moon
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Beef Island, Bahamas to UK
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Fg Off Martin Gannon plus 5. Recovery of 38 Group
Signals equipment and personnel from Bahamas to
UK
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July
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Exercise Sandy Bunker
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Gutersloh, Germany to Wittering, UK
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Flt Lt Bateman plus 11. Recovery of 1 Squadron
(Harriers) from Germany to Wittering
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July
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Operation Khana
Cascade 80
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Kathmandu, Nepal to UK
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Fg Off Bob Parker plus 2. Recovery of pax and freight
from Nepal to UK
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July
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Exercise Green Lance
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Oerland, Norway to Wyton, UK
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FSgt Keith Boosey plus 5. Recovery of 13 Sqn
(Canberras) from Norway to Wyton
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August
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Exercise Tardy Spectre
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Gardermoen, Norway to Leuchars,
Scotland
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Flt Lt Peter King, FS Ian Berry, Cpl John Purkiss.
Recovery of 43 Squadron (Phantoms) from Oslo to
Leuchars
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August
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Exercise Pond Jump
West
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Namao, AB, Canada to UK
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Flt Lt Fisher plus 5. recovery of 1 Para Bn Battle
group from Edmonton to UK
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September
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Air Show
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Farnborough, UK
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FSgt Chas Cormack plus 7. VIP Handling and Movs
Duties. 131 Helicopters loaded and 3344 Passengers
handled
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September
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Exercise Epic Raider
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UK to Gutersloh, Germany
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Fg Off Sean Culligan plus 11. Deployment of 1
Squadron RAF Regt and support equipment to
Germany
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September
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Exercise Cold Fire
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Coltishall, UK
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Flt Lt Andy Holliday plus 5. Deployment of 6
Squadron (Jaguars) to Denmark
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September
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Exercise Teamwork
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Bodo, Norway to Waddington, UK
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Fg Off Brown plus 5. Recovery of pax and freight of
50 Sqn (Vulcans) from Norway to Waddington
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October
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Exercise Giant Voice
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Scampton, UK to Barksdale, LA, USA
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Flt Lt Guy Blyth plus 5. Deployment of equipment
and personnel from the Vulcan Wing at Scampton for
the annual USAF Bombing Competition
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October
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Exercise Fast Ball
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Leuchars, Scotland
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Sgt Hugh Humphrey Curran plus 3. Recovery of 111
Squadron (Phantoms) from overseas
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October
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Exercise Crusader 80
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Most UK Airports & Sea Ports
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Deployment of 2 Infantry Division from UK to
Germany. Most of Squadron involved in manning
detachments
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October
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Exercise Flush Beam
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Wattisham, UK
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Fg Off Tom James plus 5. Deployment of personnel
and equipment of 23 Squadron (Phantoms) to Cyprus
for an APC
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November
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NATO Squadron
Exchange
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Binbrook, UK
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Fg Off Bob Parker, FSgt Ian Berry, Sgt Tony Dunphy,
Cpl Ian Bell plus 2. deployment of 11 Squadron
(Lightnings) to France.
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November
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Operations Trial Malm
and Rava
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Patrick AFB, FL, USA to Andros
Island, Bahamas and return
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Flt Lt Bateman plus 5. Two month detachment to
Florida to assist with deployment and recovery of
torpedoes from AUTEC
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November
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Exercise Giant Voice
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UK to Nellis AFB, NV, and Patrick
AFB, FL, then Barksdale AFB, LA to
Scampton
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Fg Off Bob Parker, FS Ian Berry, Sgt Irvine, Flt Lt
Alan Ovens, Sgt Hugh Curran, Cpl Stu Whitton.
Deployment of pax and freight to Nellis & Patrick by
half teams and then meet at Barksdale to recover
Vulcan Wing back to Scampton. n.b. Whilst staying
overnight at the Aladdins on the Strip the MGM
Grand Hotel/Casino opposite caught fire and over 80
people died. We saw it all across the car park!
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December
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Exercise Rjukan
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Bardufoss, Norway to Scotland
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FSgt Eddie Grace plus 2. Recovery of Royal Marines
from Norway to Scotland
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December
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Exercise Gaellic Gallop
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Lossiemouth, Scotland to Bruggen,
Germany
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FSgt Mick McMahon plus 6. Recovery of 17 Squadron
(Jaguars) from Scotland to Bruggen
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