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:''"RAF Sek Kong" and "Sek Kong Airbase" redirect here.'' The Shek Kong Airfield (), ICAO: VHSK), formerly RAF Sek Kong or Sek Kong Airfield, is an airbase located in Shek Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong. The airbase houses units of People's Liberation Army Air Force as well as being open for civilian use during weekends. The closest MTR station is Kam Sheung Road. ==History== Before the British handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, the airbase was used by the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong, and was then a Royal Air Force station known as RAF Sek Kong. Construction of the airbase started in 1938, and was completed only in 1950 due to the delay caused by Japanese occupation during the World War 2. From 1989〔https://web.archive.org/web/20080410105343/http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/02_09.15/129081.pdf South China Morning Post: March to show anger at Viet Policy〕 to 1993,〔(Getty Images: Shek Kong Camp )〕 RAF Sek Kong was also a Vietnamese Refugee Detention Centre. It is used by the People's Liberation Army during the week but, during weekends, the general public are allowed to use the airport for operation of private airplanes and to conduct private flight training.〔(High-flyers have licence to thrill )〕 The RAF operated a small and limited force from 1950 to 1996, but they were temporary assignments from the UK. The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force was the only permanent air force unit in Hong Kong. A partial list of RAF squadrons stations before 1997: *No. 80 Squadron RAF: 3 January – 1 February 1950, 7 March – 28 April 1950 *No. 28 Squadron RAF: 1 May – 7 October 1950, 28 March 1951 – 15 August 1955, 5 December 1955 – 14 June 1957, 17 May 1978 – 1 November 1996 *Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 1979–1993 A list of RAF aircraft stationed at Sek Kong: With a Vietnamese refuge camp using the runway from 1989〔 to 1993,〔 the base hosted rotary aircraft only after 1989. RAF Sek Kong Jul 1983.jpg|RAF Sek Kong 1983 Wessex Sek Kong.jpg|Wessex of 28 Squadron RAF 660 Sqn Scout 1983 Ping-Chau.jpg|Scout of 660 Squadron AAC RHKAAF Dauphin.jpg|Dauphin of RHKAAF 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shek Kong Airfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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