On 30 May 1854, with the departure from Hong Kong of the British men-of-war on anti-piracy duties in the north, following the Shanghai precedent, an appeal was made by the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir William Caine, for willing citizens to assemble for the purpose of forming an auxiliary police force to protect the lives and property of Hong Kong’s inhabitants.

Ninety-nine worthy men turned up and the Hong Kong Volunteer Corps was formed.

[citation needed] Although technically an armed military unit, run on the lines of an RAF squadron, latterly the unit's responsibilities were mostly involved in providing non-military aviation services such as police support, search and rescue, flying doctor,[6] air ambulance and firefighting in the colony.

[8] The last badge of the force was used until 1993, after which time, the Hong Kong Coat of Arms was used on GFS aircraft,[9] until the handover in 1997: RHKAAF personnel were a mixture of full-time and part-time staff.

Commanding officers On 31 March 1993, the RHKAAF fleet comprised: Media related to Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force at Wikimedia Commons