January
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February
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Special
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UK to Kuwait
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Flt Lt Guy Lendon plus 3. Deployment of Tornado
equipment in support of Kuwait Air Show
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February
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Exercise Rocky Lance
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UK to Thumrait, Oman
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Deployment of 1Bn Green Howards to Thumrait
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February
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Exercise Trumpet Dance
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UK to McChord AFB, WA, USA
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No details
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March
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Special
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UK to Santiago, Chile
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Deployment of support equipment to Chile for an
Air Show
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March
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UNPROFOR
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UK to Belgrade, Serbia
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Deployment of 24 Field Ambulance to Serbia as
part of UN Protection Force
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March
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Exercise Damsel Fair
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UK to Sigonella, Sicily
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Deployment of No 9 Fleet Clearance Diving Team
to Sicily
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April
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Operation Jural
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Dhahran, Bahrain and Al Kharj
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Support for No-Fly Zone over Southern Iraq
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May
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AUTEC
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Homestead AFB, FL, USA to
KInloss, Scotland
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Recovery of support equipment of 42 Squadron
(Nimrods) from Florida to Kinloss after AUTEC
Torpedo trials
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May
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Special
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Thumrait, Oman to Marham, UK
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Recovery of personnel and equipment of 31
Squadron (Tornados) from Oman to Marham
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June
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Islamabad, Pakistan to UK
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Recovery of UKLF personnel from Pakistan to UK
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June
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Exercise Tradewinds
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Caribbean
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Caribbean Trainer
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July
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Operation Cheshire
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Zagreb, Sarajevo and Ancona
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Flt Lt Mike Cumberland, Sgt Paddy Power plus 4.
The first of many flights into Sarajevo delivering
humanitarian aid
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July
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Operations Hampden and
Sharpguard
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Support to Nimrods enforcing embargoes on
Yugoslavia
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July
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Special
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Santa Maria, Azores to Boscombe
Down, UK
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Recovery of ‘Snoopy’ C130W1 support equipment
from Azores to Boscombe Down.
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July 1992 - December 1995
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Operation Grapple
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Bosnia - Herzegovina
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Support for peacekeeping in the former Republic
of Yugoslavia
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August
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Operation Jural
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Marham, UK
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Flt Lt Jane Finding plus 5. Deployment of
Tornados to Gulf
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August
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Operation Jural
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Bahrain
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Flt Lt Mike Cumberland plus 5. Deployment of
Tornado detachment to Bahrain. (The Team
Leader returned from this task with his jaw wired
shut - he ignored the warnings of his men
concerning the lethality of a Tornado
wheelchange jack and the handle did the rest!)
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August
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Operation Jural
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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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Fg Off Chris Dunn plus 11. Deployment of
Tornado Det to Saudi Arabia
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August
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Special
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Trenton, ON Canada to UK
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Recovery of 54 Fd Squadron RE from Canada to
UK
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August
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Operation Jural
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UK to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Deployment of TCW to Saudi Arabia in support of
Ops
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August
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Operation Warden
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UK to Adana Turkey
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Deployment of Jaguars to Adana to oversee Safe
Haven
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September
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October
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Tasking remained high for this month as Mobile teams continued to man the detachments at Zagreb, Dhahran and
Incirlik. Additionally Fg Off Andy State and a 6 man team deployed to Split in the Former Yugoslavian Republic for
Operation Grapple and FS Dave Giles deployed to Nairobi as the RAFLO for Exercise Grand Prix
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October
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Exercise Pond Jump West
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UK to Edmonton, AB, Canada and
return
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WO Ian Berry, Sgt Tony Prout, Cpl Geordie Gash
plus 1. Rotation of Infantry battalions exercising
at Wainwright, Canada
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October
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Exercise Alloy Express
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Corlu, Turkey
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Squadron Ldr Sean Culligan plus 6. IALCE
exercise in Turkey. OC MAMF eventually required
aeromed back to UK after landrover crash!
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November
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Teams continued to man detachments in Dhahran, Incirlik, Split and Zagreb in support of Ops. FS Maybery
deployed to Colombo as RAFLO reforce and personnel from MAMF attended SACs and MMARS courses in
preparation for their deployment to Yugoslavia in support of Ops Cheshire and Hanwood. Although no teams are
named in the F540 tasks were carried out at Andros, Edmonton, Las Vegas and Souda Bay
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November
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Luanda, Angola
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Evacuation of British nationals from Angola
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December
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Support of the Ops in Saudi, Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia continued. OC MAMF, Sqn Ldr Sean Culligan deployed
with 12 men, vehicles and ACHE to Mombasa in support of two aircraft to assist with moving relief supplies into
Somalia. Other notable tasks included the deployment of 55 Squadron (Victors) to Bahrain, 899 RNAS (Sea
Harriers) to Florennes and the recovery of the Royal Marines from Bateen
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10 December 1992 - March 1993
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Kenya and Somalia
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Relief supplies from Mombasa to Somalia after
civil war
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