January
Exercise Fan Angel
Leuchars, Scotland to Keflavik,
Iceland
Fg Off Joe Joseph plus 2. Deployment of 111 Squadron
(Phantoms) from Leuchars to Iceland
January
Exercises Larch Pole and
Strident Call
UK to Nairobi, Kenya
Fg Off John Buchanan, FS Gordon Gray, Sgt Tony
Searle plus 3. Deployment of elements of UKLF to Kenya
January
VVIP Special
UK to Stanley, Falkland Islands
Deployment of special caravan for use by the Rt Hon
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister on first visit to the
Falkland Islands
February
Exercise Trumpet Dance
UK to McChord AFB, WA, USA
Fg Off Kettell plus 5. Deployment of Ghurkha Regiment
to Fort Lewis, Seattle for Infantry Battle Group Exercises
February
Exercise Bold Guard
Coltishall, UK to Jever, Germany
Fg Off Colin Waitt plus 5. Deployment of 6 Squadron
(Jaguars) from Coltishall to Germany
February
Exercise Western Fox
Lossiemouth, Scotland to Key West,
FL, USA
Fg Off Kettell plus 5. Deployment of personnel and
freight of 12 Squadron (Tornados) from Lossiemouth to
the Florida Keys
February
Exercise Red Flag
Coltishall, UK
Fg Off Buchanan, FS Gordon Gray, Sgt Tony Last, SAC
Brett Pardoe. Recovery of exercise elements from the
USA
March
Exercise Trial Lobby
Patrick AFB, FL, USA to Andros
Island, Bahamas
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Terry Roberts, Cpl Sully
Sullivan plus 3. Royal Navy torpedo trials in Andros
March
Exercise Cold  Winter
Lyneham, UK to Bardufoss, Norway
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last,
SAC Andy Hodgeson, SAC Gus Turney.  Movements
support for Arctic exercise
March
Exercise Cold Winter
Coltishall, UK to Bardufoss, Norway
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 7. Deployment of 41 Squadron
(Jaguar) from UK to Bardufoss
March
Special
St Mawgan to Sigonella, Sicily and
Naples Italy
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ham Thomson, SAC Pete Jones
March
Exercise Cold  Winter
Coltishall, UK
FO Mark Vincenti, FS Roy Armstrong, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Phil Vicary, SAC Neil Harrison
March
Exercise Night Echo
Germany to Lisbon, Portugal
Fg Off Mark Attrill plus 2. Deployment of UK Troops 
from 1Br Corps in Germany to Portugal
April
Exercise Top Slap
UK to Elmendorf, Alaska, USA
Sgt Brian Clarke plus 2. Deployment of elements of
UKLF to Alaska
April
Special
Lyneham to Benbecula, Scotland and
Gutersloh, Germany
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Steve Munday,
Cpl Steve Williams, Cpl Dougie Melton, SAC Pete Jones
April
Exercise Western Fox
Key West, FL, USA to Lossiemouth,
Scotland
Fg Off Simon Baxter plus 5. Recovery of 12 Squadron
(Buccaneers) from Florida to Lossiemouth
April
RA Ranges
Lossiemouth to Benbecula, Scotland
then on to Germany
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Hugh Curran plus 4.
Deployment of 15 Squadron RAF Regt to the Hebrides
from Lossiemouth and recovery of 16 AD Regt RA from
the Hebrides to Germany during rotation of Rapier
Missile Units
April
Taceval 2
Coltishall, UK
Sqn Ldr Chas Cruse plus 8. Support to Brize Norton’s
taceval by receiving outload ammunition loads.
Downloaded ammo returned by road
May
Missex
Benbecula, Scotland
FS Dave Abrams plus 5. Rotation of missile launcher
units at RA Ranges Hebrides
May
Exercise Pegasus Trail
Lyneham, UK to Watton and return
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney. 
Movements support for 5 Brigade exercise
May
Exercise Larch Pole
Nairobi,  Kenya to UK
Fg Off Waitt, Wg Cdr Dixon (OC UKMAMS) plus 2.
Recovery of elements of Royal Signals from Kenya to UK
May
Exercise Fleet Buoy
Binbrook, UK
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ham Thomson
May
HCS Trainer
Lyneham to Leeming, then
Aldergrove, Northern Ireland, return
via Leeming and  Finningly
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
May
Exercise Adventure
Express
Incirlik, Turkey
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney plus
others
June
Operation Honey Gift
UK to Pease ANG, NH and Kirtland
AFB, NM, USA
WO Derek Pilkington plus 2. Deployment of MODPE
stores to USA
June
Exercise Adventure
Express
Cigli, Turkey
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 2. Providing Movements
Support in Turkey
June
Exercise Ginger Admiral
UK to Goose Bay, NL, Canada
Fg Off Joe Joseph plus 5. Deployment of RAFG Jaguar
Squadrons to Canada
June
Puma Rotation
Odiham, UK
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
June
Exercise Adventure
Express
Cigli, Turkey
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 2. UK Movements support to
aircraft staging through Turkey
July
Exercises Mulberry Tree
and Pickled Bear
UK to Minneapolis, MN, USA and
return
FS H Firth plus 5. Exchange of TAVR personnel with US
National Guard
July
Special
Wittering
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
July
Exercise Water Leap
UK to Toronto, ON, Canada
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon plus 5. Deployment of elements of
UKLF from UK to Canada
July
Exercise Filament
Mercury
Grantley Adams, Barbados to UK
WO Ivan Gervais plus 2. Recovery of TCW from Barbados
to UK.
July
North American Trainer
St Mawgan to Gander, NL, Ottawa,
ON, Scott AFB, IL, Holoman AFB,
NM, Moffett Field, CA and return
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Martin Turner, SAC Hoss Wall.  Route
support
July
Exercise Hot Rod
Coltishall, UK
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SACs
Martin Read, Siggery and Bret Pardoe
August
Exercise High Trig
UK to Kathmandu, Nepal and Fiji
FS Alan Soane plus 3. Team travelled route on VC10
deploying elements of 264 Sigs Squadron to Nepal and
Fiji
August
Special
Brize Norton, UK to Edmonton, AB,
Canada and return
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC
Martin Read, SAC Sig Siggery, SAC Bret Pardoe
August
MOD Special
UK to Orlando, FL, USA
Fg Off Kettell plus 5. Loading trials with M113 Tracked
vehicle in Florida
August
Exercise Tardy Spectre
UK to Andoya and Bodo, Norway,
return to Wattisham, UK
Fg Off Graham Howard, Wg Cdr Bob Dixon (OC
UKMAMS), FS Mick Day, FS Roy Armstrong, Sgt Tony
Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SACs Andy Hodgeson, Martin
Read and Gus Turney
September
Lebanon Peacekeeping
Force
Akrotiri, Cyprus
Fg Off Andy Towler plus 5. At no notice, the standby
team were deployed to Lossiemouth, Scotland with the
QRA aircraft to deploy a force of Buccaneers from 12
Squadron to Akrotiri to support the multi national
peacekeeping force in Lebanon
September
Exercise Fast Brick
Lyneham to Leuchars, Scotland,
return by rail
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC Gus Turney
September
Operation Pulsator
Lossiemouth, Scotland
Fg Off Andy Towler plus 5. Deployment to Scotland with
QRA aircraft to move 12 Squadron (Buccaneers) to
Cyprus to support UN operations in Beirut
September
TAC Demos
Lyneham to St Athan, Wales and
return
Sgt Tony Last, Sgt John McClymont, Cpl Dinger Bell,
SAC Simon Spence
September
Exercise Coconut Grove
Fiji and Brunei to Hong Kong
FS Gordon Black plus 3. Recovery of 1Bn Scots Guards
from Fiji and Brunei to Hong Kong
September
Special
Lyneham to Halifax, NS, Bagotville,
QC, Ottawa, ON, Canada and return
Sgt Tony Last, SAC Phil Ingram
September
Special
Lyneham to Tirstrup, Denmark
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney plus
others
October
Special
Seeb, Oman and New Delhi, India
Fg Off Mark Attrill plus 2. Route support duties in Oman
and New Delhi
October
Exercise Winged Victory
Waddington, UK to Lyneham
Fg Off Graham Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl
Ted Edwards, SAC S Maunders, SAC Gus Turney
October
Far East Support
Hong Kong, New Guinea and Fiji
Sgt Taff Price plus 2. Rotation of Ghurka personnel and
equipment between Hong Kong, New Guinea and Fiji
October
Special
Marham, UK to Schleswig, Germany
and return
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Tony Last, SAC Martin Brown
October
Rapier Rotation
Benbecula, Hebrides
Fg Off Mark Vincenti plus 6. Positioning of 37 Squadron
RAF Regiment and recovery of 26 Squadron RAF
Regiment from the RA Ranges in the Hebrides
October
Taceval Part 2
Brize Norton, UK
Squadron Ldr Pete Arnold plus 2 officers and 28 airmen.
Receiving ammo pallets inbound from Lyneham, Keevil
and Boscombe Down
October
Taceval Part 2
Brize Norton to Lyneham
Fg Off Mark Vincenti, Sgt Tony Last, SAC Martin Brown
November
Special
UK to New Delhi, India
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Dave Salmon. 
Delivery of three Range Rovers to the British High
Commission for use during HM Queen’s tour of the
Commonwealth
November
Special
Lyneham to Benbecula, Scotland and
return
FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC Gus
Turney, SAC Rick Loveridge
November
Exercise Red Flag
UK to Nellis AFB, NV, USA
Fg Off Kettell, FS Gordon Gray plus 2. Deployment of
advance elements of Strike command for Nevada exercise
November
Special
Edinburgh, UK
FS Owen Connell plus 2. Recovery of Police from
Greenham Common after security duties and return to
Scotland
November
Special
Heathrow, UK to Nairobi, Kenya and
return
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon, Flt Lt Phil Britton, Fg Off Graham
Howard, FS Mick Day, Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards,
SAC Gus Turney
December
Special
UK to Whenupai, New Zealand
Fg Off Steve Heaton, Sgt Pete Johnston plus 1. Delivery
of Royal Navy personnel and equipment for HMS
Invincible in New Zealand
December
Special
UK to Kathmandu, Nepal
Sqn Ldr Jon Faulconer plus 3. Delivery of medical
supplies to Nepal
December
Operation Roust
Greenham Common to Warton
Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ted Edwards, SAC Rick Loveridge
December
Special
Greenham Common
FS Dave Abrams plus 2. Rotation of Civil Police between
Greeenham and Waddington as part of protection
against Nuclear protestors
December
Navy Re-supply
UK to Singapore
Wg Cdr Bob Dixon,  Sgt Tony Last, Cpl Ham Thompson,
SAC Rod McBoyle, SAC Hoss Wall, SAC Martin Brown.
Christmas standby team called out to deliver urgent
stores to HMS Invincible