| January |
Operation Decisive Edge
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Gioia Del Colle, Italy |
Air support for Peacekeeping in former Republic of Yugoslavia
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| January |
Operation Resolute |
Sarajevo, Bosnia to Brindisi, Italy |
FSgt Alan Salisbury plus 3. Recovery of US Forces from Bosnia to Italy
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| January |
Special |
UK to Alesund, Denmark |
Flt Lt Dave Jarvis plus 3. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 7 Squadron (Chinooks) to Denmark
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| January |
Winter Deployment |
UK to Fagernes, Southern Norway |
Sgt Martin Hughes plus 3. Deployment of HQRM to Southern Norway
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| January |
Exercise Clockwork |
UK to Tromso, Norway |
WO Ian Berry, Sgt Martyn Southall, Sgt Scouse Leman plus 2. Deployment of SBS LRIC (Long Range Insertion Craft) to Norway
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| February |
Exercise Quadroped |
UK to Fagernes, Norway |
Flt Lt Maggie Streeter plus 3. Deployment of elements of UKLF from UK to Norway
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| February |
Exercise Battle Griffin |
UK to Bodo, Norway |
Fg Off John Fairgrieves, Wg Cdr Dick Leonard plus 2. Deployment of 54 Squadron (Jaguars) to Norway
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| February |
Exercise Quadruped |
Alesund, Norway to Odiham, UK |
Sgt Derek Grayson plus 3. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 7 Squadron (Chinook) from Norway to Odiham
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| February |
Operation Decisive Edge |
Marham, UK to Gioia del Colle, Italy and return |
FS Tony Feast plus 1. Rotation of Sidewinder and Sparrow missiles between Italy and Marham
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| March |
Exercise Arid Thunder |
UK to Yuma, AZ, USA |
Sgt Ted Edwards plus 2. Resupply of Tornado detachment in Arizona
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| March |
Armilla Patrol |
UK to Dubai, UAE and return
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Flt Lt Jane Finding plus 2. Rotation of Ships personnel of HMS Brilliant in Persian Gulf |
| March |
Operation Resolute |
UK to Sarajevo, Bosnia |
Cpl Steve (Dinger) Bell plus 2. Resupply of UKLF Forces in Bosnia
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| March |
April was a busy month with all of the squadron preparing to participate in or support the forthcoming Exercise Purple Star (*) which was to be held in the USA. A total of 12,000 troops are planned to be deployed. In preparation several teams were initially deployed to Pope AFB, Cherry Point and Norfolk NAS |
| April |
Exercise Purple Star |
UK to Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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Sgt Sean Woodcock plus 2. Deployment of 264 Sigs Squadronand FCDT to USA
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| April |
Exercise Purple Star |
UK to NAS Cecil Field, FL, and Charleston, SC, USA |
Cecil Field/Charleston - Exercise Purple Star. WO Ian Berry, Sgt Taff Wood, Cpls Deano Dawson, Chris Hoskison plus 3. Deployment of SF Ammunition to Florida, Deployment of LRICs to Beaufort NAS and offload of an ISO Container at Charleston
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| April |
Operation Resolute |
UK to Banja Luka, Bosnia |
Sgt John Pert plus 2. Deployment of 214 Sigs Squadron to Bosnia in support of UN Operations |
| May |
Special |
Mitilini, Greece to UK |
FSgt Al Salisbury plus 2. Recovery of personnel and equipment of 7 Squadron(Chinooks) from Greece to UK. |
| May |
Operation Resolute |
UK to Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Cpl Sandy Sanderson, SAC Simon Clarke plus 1. Roulement of IFOR personnel. |
| May |
Operation Banner |
Edinburgh to Belfast, UK and return |
WO Ian Berry, Cpl Russ Thomas & SAC Paul Crake. Rotation of Scottish Units between Edinburgh and Aldergrove
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| May |
Fincastle Trophy |
Kinloss, UK to Whenuapai, New Zealand and return |
Sgt John Pert plus 2. Deployment of Nimrod support equipment to Auckland, New Zealand, in support of annual sub hunting competition
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| June |
Exercise Distant Frontier |
Waddington to Elmendorf AK, USA |
Sgt Derek Grayson plus 2. Deployment of 8 Squadron (E3 AWACS) personnel and equipment from Waddington to Alaska. |
| June |
Exercise Purple Star |
March AFB, CA, USA to Belize |
Sgt Don Hazlewood plus 2. Collection of troops from California and onmove to Belize. |
| June |
Operation Warden |
Incirlik, Turkey |
FSgt John Purkis plus 2. Movements Detachment in Southern Turkey in support of Northern Iraq no-fly zone |
| June |
Exercise Purple Star |
Ontario, CA, USA to UK |
Fg Off John Fairgrieve plus 5. Recovery of 3 Cdo Bde RM after conclusion of exercise in California. |
| June |
Exercise Distant Frontier |
Waddington, UK to Elmendorf, AK, USA |
Sgt Derek Grayson plus 2. Deployment of passengers and freight of 8 Sqn (E3 AWAC) from Waddington to Alaska |
| July |
Exercise Green Fever |
Belize to UK |
Flt Lt Dave Jarvis plus 2. Recovery of 1 Bn Devon and Dorsets and elements of HMS Fearless
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| July |
Special |
Marham, UK to Bodo, Norway
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Sgt Taff Wood plus 2. Deployment of 39 Squadron(Canberras) to Norway for photo recce task |
| July |
Exercise Ice Flip |
Basel, Switzerland to UK |
FS Paddy Power plus 2. Recovery of Royal Marines from Switzerland to UK
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| July |
Exercise Aroma |
UK to Diego Garcia |
Sgt Martin Hughes plus 2. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 101 Squadron (VC10) and TCW to Maldives. |
| July |
Operation Warden |
Incirlik, Turkey |
FSgt Tony Geerah. Handover of Movements detachment to PMC Draft after 5 years supported by UKMAMS |
| July |
RN Resupply |
UK to Puerto Rico and return |
Sgt Taff Kelly plus 2. Rotation of Navy personnel and resupply of HMS Argyle in Puerto Rico |
| August |
Exercise Medicine Man |
UK to Calgary, AB, Canada and return |
Fg Off John Fairgrieves, Sgt Robbie Robinson, Cpls Dave Drake and Mutley Malia and SAC Dan Smith. Roulement of Battle Groups in Canada
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| August |
Special |
Dover AFB, USA to UK |
Fg Off Scott Rogers, FS Alic Simpson and SAC Paul Crake. Recovery of AMRAAM missiles from USA to UK
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| August |
Special |
UK to Riga, Latvia |
Flt Lt Wilcox, FS Dave Williams, Sgts Derek Grayson and Robbie Robinson, Cpl Gareth Beynon, SAC’s Dave Wilson and Tim Desmond. Delivery of UN equipment to Latvian Baltic Command
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| August |
Exercise TFW 45 |
UK to Aalborg, Denmark |
Fg Off Scott Rogers, WO Ian Berry, Sgt Bob Simmons, Cpl Gareth Beynon, SACs Tim Desmond & Dave Wilson. Deployment of personnel and equipment of 6 Squadron(Jaguar) to Denmark. |
| August |
Operation Colmar |
Dhahran/Al Kharj |
Sgt Taff Wood, SACs Rogerson & Hewitt. Deployment of VESCO Cabin to Saudi Arabia. |
| September |
A total of 5 teams were tasked in support of Exercises Ardent Ground and Dynamic Mix which was being held in Greece and Turkey. The main focus for the AT support was at Erzurum in Turkey, where the MAMF presence was led by Fg Off John Fairgrieves who was appointed as the Aerial Port Commander in charge of the multi national air movements teams. Flt Lt Fiona Morgan-Frise established a movements presence in Trabzon, a civil airport on the Black Sea coast where she was able to spread the good name of the Squadron by making the front page of the local press and being quoted as “The Commander of the British Army Forces in Turkey.” Other teams completed the MAMF presence by providing support in Akinci, Bandirma and Souda Bay
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| September |
Exercise Cossack Steppe |
UK to Lvov, Ukraine |
Cpl Blue Hughes, SAC Chris Hoskison. Deployment of personnel and ammunition to Ukraine
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| September |
Exercise Ardent Ground |
Trabzon, Turkey |
Flt Lt Fiona Morgan-Frise, FS Floyd Patterson, Sgt Dave Salmon, Cpl Sandy Sanderson, SAC Simon Clarke and JT Williams (MAMS Eng). Movs support at Trabzon Black Sea Port
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| September |
Operation Decisive Edge |
Leeming, UK |
Sgts Don Hazlewood and Bob Simmons, SAC’s Baz Thompson and Charlie Rance. Onload of Lynx helicopter for onmove to Bosnia
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| October |
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| November |
Operation Purposeful |
Entebbe, Uganda |
Support to Canberra PR9's locating mass graves in Rwanda
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| November |
Operation Chantress |
Albania |
Logistic aid to UN in Albania
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| December |
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