28 Squadron is based at RAF Benson, home to the RAF's Puma Force. They operated the RAF's first Merlin HC3 aircraft. Aircraft flown have included the Camel, Hurricane II, Whirlwind HAR10 and Wessex HC2. 28 Squadron supported operations in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
1915 Formed at Gosport.
1997 The last RAF unit to leave Hong Kong.
2003 First Merlin operational detachment to Bosnia.
2015 Re-formed as the Support Helicopter Operational Conversion Unit.
1917 - 1918* Italian Front and Adriatic
1917 - 1918* Piave
1917 - 1918* Vittoria Venito
1921 - 1925* Waziristan
1939* North-West Frontier
1942* Burma
1943 - 1944* Arakan
1944* Manipur
1944 - 1945* Burma
2020* Afghanistan
*Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
