RAF Khormaksar

RAF Khormaksar
Aden in Yemen
Motto: Into the Remote Places
RAF Khormaksar Shown within Yemen
Coordinates	12°49′46″N 045°01′45″E / 12.82944°N 45.02917°E / 12.82944; 45.02917Coordinates: 12°49′46″N 045°01′45″E / 12.82944°N 45.02917°E / 12.82944; 45.02917
Type	Royal Air Force station
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Air Force
Site history
Built	1917 (1917)
In use	1917 - 29 November 1967 (1967)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: ADE, ICAO: OYAA
Elevation	1 metre (3 ft 3 in) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26  Asphalt

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.

Established in 1917, RAF Khormaksar was enlarged in 1945 as the British spread their influence deeper into the Arabian Peninsula. In 1958, a state of emergency was declared in Aden as Yemeni forces occupied nearby Jebel Jehaf and RAF squadrons were involved in action in support of the British Army. In the 1960s, during operations around Rhadfan, the station reached a peak of activity, becoming overcrowded and attracting ground attacks by rebels. In 1966, the newly elected Labour government in the United Kingdom announced that all forces would be withdrawn by 1968. Khormaksar played a role in the evacuation of British families from Aden in the summer of 1967. The station closed on 29 November 1967.

No. 8 Squadron RAF were based there on eight different occasions:

No. 84 Squadron RAF were based between 1956 and 1967 and operated the Vickers Valetta, Bristol Sycamore, Percival Pembroke, Blackburn Beverley and Hawker Siddeley Andover.