It was resurrected as a medium and light helicopter squadron in 1982 and operated from AFB Hoedspruit until its final disbandment on 4 December 1992.

On 19 April 1944 an advance party set off to establish a base camp forty kilometers north of Cairo, accordingly named Kilo 40.

[5] From 16 June 1944 the squadron started to move to the Celone airfield close to Foggia in southern Italy to join No.

[2] The area of operations was expanded to include strategic targets in the Balkans, Hungary, Austria, Romania and northern Italy.

[1] On Sunday 13 August 1944, 10 crews of 31 Squadron were ordered to Brindisi and briefed for a 3,200 km flight plan from Foggia to Warsaw to drop supplies for the encircled Polish resistance.

There were 196 11-hour night flights from Brindisi and Foggia in Italy (total between 31 and 34 Squadrons) to and from Warsaw from 4 August to early September 1944.

[6] After the end of the fighting the squadron converted to transport duties, operating a shuttle service from Italy in which liberated Allied prisoners of war were flown from Italy back to the United Kingdom and South African troops preparing to return home were flown to Egypt.

Activities included crime-prevention operations in support of the South African Police, search and rescue, mercy flights, VIP transportation and firefighting.