This is a list of Royal Air Force exercises from 1918 to the present day,
| Exercise | From (Day & Month) |
From (Year) |
To (Day & Month) |
To (Year) |
Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bersatu Padu (Solid Unity) |
June | 1970 | June | 1970 | RAF Tengah | Exercise defending against an incursion into Eastern Malaysia With Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand.[1] |
| Capricorn | Various within the UK | V bomber dispersal to a RAF base[2] | ||||
| Cobra Warrior | Current | Current | Northern England and Scotland |
Annual exercise | ||
| Cold Cape | Wildenrath | [3] | ||||
| Kinsman | Various within the UK | V bomber dispersal to a RAF base[4] | ||||
| Matterhorn | 1963 | 1966 | Singapore | V bomber deployment show-of-force during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation[5] | ||
| Mickey Finn | Various within the UK | Deployment of V bombers to dispersal bases[5] | ||||
| Moonflower | Singapore | Eastbound V bomber test to reinforce the Singapore Air Defence Command. Related to Sunflower.[1] | ||||
| Northern Merger | September | 1974 | September | 1974 | North Sea, English Channel and the Norwegian Sea |
Land, air and sea forces of 8 NATO countries.[6] |
| Strong Express | September | 1972 | September | 1972 | North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea |
NATO air and naval forces[2] |
| Sunflower | 8 January | 1970 | Singapore | Westbound V bomber test to reinforce Singapore Air Defence Command. Related to Moonflower.[1] | ||
- Rangers
| Exercise | From (Month) | From (Year) | To (Month) | To (Year) | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goose Ranger | CFB Goose Bay | Long distance trip to Goose Bay, Canada[7] | ||||
| Lone Ranger | Misc | Long distance overseas single aircraft trip[7] | ||||
| Western Ranger | Offutt Air Force Base Barksdale Air Force Base |
Long distance trip to USA[7][8] |
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b c Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 8.
- ^ a b Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 34.
- ^ Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 40.
- ^ Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 6.
- ^ a b Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 5.
- ^ Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 35.
- ^ a b c Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 4.
- ^ Bulman & Ranshaw 2014, p. 37.
Bibliography edit
- Bulman, Craig; Ranshaw, Eric (2014). The Service History of Avro Vulcan B.Mk2 XM655. Wellesbourne, UK: XM655 Maintenance and Preservation Society.