Jordan the Amman detachment was presented with an olive wood plaque with a mother-of-pearl crest from the Jordanian 4 LAA Regiment which is still displayed in the Squadron crew-room.
Routine training in the ensuing months was somewhat shaken by the news, at the end of January, that the Squadron was going to disband at the end of March. This was a blow indeed t
hough it was heartening to learn that the Squadron number along with the Standard, silver and the long Squadron tradition of service in the Middle East was to be handed on to the existing 142 Squadron based at Eastleigh, Nairobi. On 26th March the Squadron put on its final fly-past and aerobatic display before the C-in-C M.E.A.
F., Air Marshal Sir William MacDonald, and three days later the Commanding Officer, four officer and ten other ranks left for RAF Eastleigh for the ceremonial handing over of the Squadron Standard and silver to the new 208 Squadron.
History - 1956 - 1966 (4)
The Squadron returned to Nicosia at the en
d of May to continue with routine training and armament practice. Following the coup d’ etat in Iraq a six-aircraft detachment was sent to Amman in mid-July, at the request for British assistance by King Hussein of Jordan, in order to assist in stabilising the monarchy. The pilots went on readiness, became familiar with the area and practised ground attack sorties controlled by the Army. During the first week of the detachment rocket rails were fitted and a quantity of 60lb three-inch rockets arrived thus making 208 the first Squadron to fire these rockets on the Hunter 6.
Back at Nicosia the remaining flight was experimenting with the newly acquired rockets and practiced both cine and live R/P attacks. By September however the Jordan crisis was dying down and the Squadron was re-united once more at Nicosia at the end of October. On leaving
