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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]

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Bibliography

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  • Bulman, Craig; Ranshaw, Eric (2014). The Service History of Avro Vulcan B.Mk2 XM655. Wellesbourne, UK: XM655 Maintenance and Preservation Society.