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