hong kong Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force

RHKAAF






royal-aux-hong-kong-air-force

Predecessor of the Government Flying Service. Formed on 1 May 1949. Disbanded 31 Mar 1993 and aircraft and duties handed over to the Government Flying Service. Originally formed as the Air Arm of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps in 1930. On 1 May 1949 this was renamed the Hong Kong Defence Force and its Air Arm became known as the Hong Kong Auxilliary Air Force. In 1970, Queen Elizabeth II granted the title Royal and it became the Royal Hong Kong Auxilliary Air Force. This was the last operational Commonwealth AAF, when it disbanded on 31 Mar 1993.






  List of Units


UnitFromTo
RHKAAF19491993



  Bases and Locations


Base Unit



helicopter   Model Types


ModelDel'dFromTo
Sikorsky S-70A-27 Black Hawk219921993
SNIA SA365 Dauphin 2319801990
SNIA Alouette III419651980
Westland Widgeon219581965



List of Aircraft


Model C/N Built ID
SA365C1 Dauphin 2 5057 1980HKG-1 : Replaced Alouette III in RHKAAF service of the same serial. Sold ...
SE3160 / SA316A Alouette III 1242 1965HKG-1 : To RHKAAF, replacing a Westland Widgeon. Sold to USA in 1980.
SA365C1 Dauphin 2 5059 1980HKG-2 : SA365C. Replaced Alouette III in RHKAAF service of the same seria ...
SE3160 / SA316A Alouette III 1243 1965HKG-2 : To RHKAAF, replacing a Westland Widgeon. Sold to USA in 1980.
S-70A-27 Black Hawk 1825 1992HKG-22 : HKAAF HKG-22 d/d 02mar93, ferry serial VR-HZI, reser B-HZI after ...
S-70A-27 Black Hawk 1835 1992HKG-23 : HKAAF HKG-22 d/d 1993, ferry serial VR-HZJ, reser B-HZJ after han ...
SA365C1 Dauphin 2 5060 w/o 1993 1980HKG-3 : SA365C. ex F-WMHF, replacing Alouette III in RHKAAF service. Cras ...
SA316B Alouette III 1704 w/o unknown HKG-3 : RHKAAF VR-H; w/o unk
SA316B Alouette III 1745 w/o unknown HKG-3 : RHKAAF; w/o unk
HKG-6 : RHKAAF VR-H, reser HKG-3
Widgeon wa/h/145 1957VR-HFL : ex G-APBK. To RHKAAF Dec 1957, coded /L. wfu Aug 1965, sold to Ma ...
Widgeon wa/h/146 w/o 1965 1957VR-HFM : ex G-APBL. To RHKAAF Oct 1957, coded /M. w/o 17 Jan 1965 at Sai K ...






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