During Operation Allied Force on 31 Mar 1999, some of the units Lynx AH.7, in cooperation with ALAT Gazelles, were tasked to search for 3 US soldiers who had been kidnapped by Serbian special forces whilst operating in Macedonia.
I was posted to 659 Squadron in 1971 following the completion of my pilot traing. The squadron was located in Osnabruck, Germany and was equiped with 6 Sioux and 3 or 4 Scouts. I left Osnabruck in 1973.
Locations
| 1969-1976 |  Quebec Barracks, Osnabrück |
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| 1973 | EGQB BOL | AAC Ballykelly |
| 1974 | Long Kesh | |
| 1975 | Long Kesh | |
| 1976 | EGAA BFS | Belfast International Airport |
| 1977 | EGAA BFS | Belfast International Airport |
| 1977- | EDLJ | Detmold Airport |
| 1978-1979 | Long Kesh | |
| 1982-1983 | EGAA BFS | Belfast International Airport |
| 1995-2007 | EGUW | Wattisham Flying Station |
| 1999 |  Pristina Film City |
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| 1999 | LWSK SKP |  Skopje Alexander the Great Airport |
| 2008- | EGXD | Dishforth |
Operations
| 31 Mar 19731973 | 02 Aug 19731973 | Operation Banner |
| 15 Feb 19741974 | 21 Jun 19741974 | Operation Banner |
| 28 Feb 19751975 | 01 Jul 19751975 | Operation Banner |
| 12 Apr 19761976 | 12 Aug 19761976 | Operation Banner |
| 12 Apr 19771977 | 16 Aug 19771977 | Operation Banner |
| 13 Oct 19781978 | 13 Feb 19791979 | Operation Banner |
| 04 Sep 19821982 | 18 Jan 19831983 | Operation Banner |
| Dec 19901990 | Mar 19911991 |  Operation Desert Shield/Storm |
| 05 Oct 19981998 | 09 Oct 19981998 | Exercise Lemon Shark |
| 12 Jun 19991999 | Aug 19991999 |  KFOR (kosovo force) |
| Nov 20032003 | Apr 20042004 | Operation Telic |
| Mar 20052005 | Dec 20052005 | Operation Telic |
| Dec 20062006 | May 20072007 | Operation Telic |
| Oct 20072007 | Jan 20082008 |  Operation Herrick |
| Jan 20092009 | Jun 20092009 | Operation Telic |
| Sep 20102010 | Jan 20112011 | Operation Herrick |
| Aug 20132013 | Dec 20132013 | Cougar 13 |
| 25 Nov 20132013 | 11 Dec 20132013 |  Typhoon Haiyan relief operations |