RAF Khormaksar
Unit Dates Aircraft Variant
No . 8 Squadron RAF Various Various
No . 12 Squadron RAF 1935 and 1936 Hawker Hart
No . 21 Squadron RAF 1965-1967 Douglas Dakota Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.2
No . 26 Squadron RAF 1963-1965 Bristol Belvedere HC.1
No . 37 Squadron RAF 1957-1967 Avro Shackleton MR.2
No . 41 Squadron RAF Oct 1935-Mar 1936 Hawker Demon Mk I
No . 43 Squadron RAF 1963-1967 Hawker Hunter FGA.9
No . 73 Squadron RAF 1956 de Havilland Venom FB.1
No . 78 Squadron RAF 1956-1967 Scottish Aviation Pioneer Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Percival Pembroke Westland Wessex CC.1 C.1 CC.1 HC.2
No . 84 Squadron RAF 1956-1967 Various
No . 94 Squadron RAF 1939 Gloster Gladiator I and II
No . 105 Squadron RAF 1962-1967 Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1
No . 114 Squadron RAF 1945 de Havilland Mosquito VI
No . 203 Squadron RAF 1940 Bristol Blenheim IV
No . 208 Squadron RAF 1961-1964 Hawker Hunter FGA.9
No . 216 Squadron RAF 1942 Lockheed Hudson VI
No . 233 Squadron RAF 1960-1964 Vickers Valetta C.1
No . 244 Squadron RAF 1944 Vickers Wellington XIII
No . 259 Squadron RAF 1943 Consolidated Catalina IB
No . 265 Squadron RAF 1943 Consolidated Catalina IB
Units and aircraft
Royal Air Force Khormaksar or more simply RAF Khormaksar is a former Royal Air Force station in Aden, Yemen. Its motto was Into the Remote Places. During the 1960s, it was the base for nine squadrons and became the RAF's busiest-ever station as well as the biggest staging post for the RAF between the United Kingdom and Singapore. It later became Aden International Airport.