page_title: RAF Kai Tak
section_title: Squadrons
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Kai Tak / Squadrons
caption_attribution_description: A Royal Air Force Westland Wessex HC2 helicopter (s/n XT673) from No. 28 Squadron takes off to participate in exercise "SAREX '83", a search and rescue exercise. 28 Squadron was based at RAF Sek Kong from 1978 to 1996.
context_page_description: RAF Kai Tak was a Royal Air Force station in Hong Kong. It was opened in 1927 and used for seaplanes. The RAF flight operated a few land based aircraft as well as having spare aircraft for naval units.
context_section_description: The Japanese were stationed at Kai Tak during World War II and extended the runway at the base.
  A list of RAF units at Kai Tak:
  Air Headquarters Hong Kong Communication Squadron RAF (12 September 1945 –   15 January 1947)
  No. 132 Squadron RAF (15 September 1945 – 15 April 1946)
  No. 209 Squadron RAF (17 September 1945 – 28 April 1946)
  No. 681 Squadron RAF (27 September –  23 December 1945)
  No. 200 Staging Post RAF (October 1945 – June 1946)
  No. 1331 Wing RAF Regiment (xxx xxxx – May 1946)
  No. 96 Squadron RAF (16 April –  1 June 1946)
  No. 110 Squadron RAF (1 June 1946 – 15 September 1947)
  Japan Force Communications Flight RAF (28 April 1946 –  xxx xxxx)?
  No. 1430 (Flying Boat Transport) Flight RAF (5 August –  1 September 1946)
  No. 88 Squadron RAF (1 September 1946 – 24 June 1951)
  No. 1903 Flight RAF and No. 656 Squadron RAF (15 July 1948 – 17 August 1949)
  Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (1 May 1949 – 1 April 1993)
  No. 28 Squadron RAF(11 May 1949 – 1 May 1950; 7 October 1950 – 28 March 1951; 15 August – 5 December 1955; 14 June 1957 – 2 January 1967; 1 March 1968 – 17 May 1978; 1 November 1996 – 4 June 1997)
  No. 80 Squadron RAF (20 August 1949 – 3 January 1950; 1 February – 7 March 1950; 28 April 1950 – 1 May 1955)
  Hong Kong Auxiliary Flight RAF (October 1949 – 1 October 1950)
  Hong Kong Auxiliary Squadron RAF(1 October 1950 – 24 November 1953)
  Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Wing RAF (24 November 1953 –  xxx 1954)
  Hong Kong Fighter Squadron RAF (24 November 1953 –  xxx 1954
caption: 1983, a Westland Wessex HC.2 of No. 28 Squadron RAF, normally based at RAF Shek Kong, taking off from Kai Tak during "SAREX '83" - a search and rescue exercise.
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