British Order of Battle at the Aden Emergency
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The following units of the British Armed Forces participated in the Aden Emergency (1963–67).
All based at RAF Khormaksar, Aden unless noted:
- No. 8 Squadron RAF with the Hawker Hunter FGA.9[1]
- No. 21 Squadron RAF with the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.1, Douglas Dakota & Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.2[2]
- No. 26 Squadron RAF with the Bristol Belvedere HC.1 (1963-65)[3]
- No. 36 Squadron RAF with the Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.1, based at RAF Lyneham[4][5]
- No. 37 Squadron RAF with the Avro Shackleton MR.2[6][7]
- No. 43 Squadron RAF with the Hunter FGA.9[8][7]
- No. 78 Squadron RAF with the Twin Pioneer CC.1[9] & Wessex HC.2[10]
- No. 84 Squadron RAF with the Blackburn Beverley C.1[11][9]
- No. 105 Squadron RAF with the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1[12]
- No. 208 Squadron RAF with the Hunter FGA.9[13][7]
- No. 233 Squadron RAF with the Vickers Valetta C.1[14]
- No. 1417 (Fighter Reconnaissance) Flight RAF with the Hunter T.7 & FR.10[15]
- Middle East Command Communication Squadron RAF with the English Electric Canberra B.2, Dakota C.4, Handley Page Hastings C.4 & Valetta C.2[16]
- RAF Police Joint Service Command
- No. 123 Signals Unit RAF
- RAF Regiment
