No. 486 Squadron RAAF

No. 486 Squadron RAAF
No. 486 Squadron's crest
Active	1946–64 1966–98
Allegiance	Australia
Branch	Royal Australian Air Force
Role	Aircraft maintenance
Part of	No. 86 Wing (1946–64, 1987–98) RAAF Base Richmond (1966–87)
Garrison/HQ	RAAF Station Schofields (1946–49) RAAF Station Richmond (1949–54) RAAF Base Canberra (1954–58) RAAF Base Richmond (1958–98)
Motto(s)	Strength and Achievement

No. 486 Squadron was a maintenance unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). It was formed in August 1946 as part of No. 86 (Transport) Wing, which operated Douglas C-47 Dakotas out of RAAF Station Schofields, New South Wales. The squadron transferred to RAAF Station Richmond in June 1949. It relocated again to RAAF Base Canberra in April 1954, before returning to Richmond in August 1958 to commence maintenance of No. 86 Wing's newly delivered Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The squadron was disbanded between August 1964 and March 1966. In the 1980s and 1990s, it was responsible for servicing the RAAF's Boeing 707 tanker/transports, as well as the Hercules. No. 486 Squadron was again disbanded at Richmond in October 1998, and its functions handed over to No. 86 Wing's Hercules squadrons.