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yemen Khormaksar / Aden International

yemen


   

1934 to present

Location: 12 49 N     -     45 2 E
5nm N of Aden
ICAO: OYAAIATA: ADEElevation: 13 feet


History of this Base/Heliport:

  • Built in the period when Aden was administered as part of British India, RAF Khormaksar was located just inland of the north eastern edge of the large bay on which Aden stands and on the southern rim of the Crater area. It was significantly improved immediately after WWII, partly because of its strategic position near the mouth of the Red Sea (and thus the southern approaches to the Suez Canal) and as a staging post for RAF Transport Command on its famous Changi Slip route to Singapore and the Far East.  RAF Khormaksar was a key base from Dec 1963 after the Aden State of Emergency had been declared until the RAF station closed and the British withdrawal, covered by the Royal Marines, in Nov 1967. With the unification of South Yemen (when it had the ICAO code ODAA) and the People's Republic of North Yemen in May 1990, the airport took on a new economic importance and it has been developed further into Aden International Airport.


  • Units who served in this Base/Heliport:

        Viewing: Historical Units

    YearsRotary Wing Aircraft Unitbold : Current Model
    italic: Model not used at this base
    normal: Unit no longer at this base
    1963/65UK 26 squadronbelvedere hc.1 1962/65
    1956/67UK 78 squadronmerlin hc.3a 2007/now
    CH-47 Chinook 1986/now
    sea king 1986/now
    wessex hc.2 1965/71
    1956/67UK 84 squadron412 2003/now
    wessex hc.2 1982/03
    whirlwind 1972/82
    sycamore 1956/57





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