 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: No. 42 TB Squadron jẹ ẹka Nimrod akọkọ ti o de ni Wideawake Airfield, Ascension Island, nigbati XV244 ati XV258 de lori 6 Oṣu Kẹrin ọdun 1982 laipẹ lẹhin ti : ìkọlù àwọn erékùṣù Falkland. Ní October 1984, ọkan lára àwọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ ológun No. 42 TB Squadron gba ife ẹyẹ Fincastle Trophy ní RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia. Ní 29 August 1985, Nimrod MR.2 XV229 ràn wá lọwọ láti rí ibi tí ọkọ ojú omi Virgin Atlantic Challenger rì sí. 