On 22 June 1949 , No . 86 Wing , comprising Nos . 36 , 38 and 486 Squadrons , relocated from Schofields to the nearby RAAF Station Richmond . The return of crews from Berlin allowed the wing to release No . 38 Squadron and its Dakotas to participate in the Malayan Emergency , under the control of No . 90 ( Composite ) Wing , commencing in June 1950 . After airlifting more than 17,000 passengers and evacuating over 300 injured troops , the squadron left Malaya in November 1952 and returned to No . 86 Wing at Richmond . A month earlier , the wing 's Dakotas had flown supply and observation flights in connection with the British atomic test on Montebello in Western Australia . No . 36 Squadron disbanded at Richmond on 9 March 1953 , re-forming the next day from No . 30 Transport Unit at Iwakuni , Japan . Here it was part of No . 91 ( Composite ) Wing , which controlled the RAAF 's units during the Korean War and its immediate aftermath . The squadron returned to Australia and the aegis of No . 86 Wing two years later , when No . 91 Wing disbanded
British atomic test
Operation Hurricane
No. 86 Wing RAAF