onto the Hunter FGA 9 was carried out at RAF Stradishall. Thirteen aircraft were flown back to Nairobi Airport, the new Squadron base, where training was resumed both in the operational role and also for the aerobatics team.
Numerous 
detachments took place in the following months which make life more interesting for the pilots. Four aircraft moved to Khormaksar in October to assist four 8 Squadron pilots, the remainder of whom had left for Cyprus, in armed reconnaissance and live operational strikes using rockets and 30mm cannon. The targets of these pre-planned strikes were locations in the hills which the Army suspected to be enemy positions. In November, December and January detachments were sent to the Persian Gulf, a journey of some 2,500 miles, to exercise the mobility of the Squadron and also carry out long range reconnaissance flights and “flag waves”.
Just before Squadron Leader Ramirez left in March 1961 the Squadron was informed that it was to be presented with a shield and two spears from the Masai Chief of the Ngong area. The presentation, a ceremonial occasion, was an appreciation of the display the Squadron had put on at the Ngong
History - 1956 - 1966 (6)
The Venom having served a long and useful life began a graceful exodus from the Service in the latter half of 1959, 208 being the last RAF Squadron to operate Venoms. As the aircraft became time expired they were withdrawn and despatched to the M.U. for breaking up. Despite this the Squadron continued to operate effectively both in Africa and the PersianGuif area. Aircraft operations ranged from the Northern Frontier District of Kenya, with an army co-operation exercise with 24 Brigade, through Khormaksar, Riyan, Sharjah and Bahrain. Exercises with the Royal Navy and Trucial Oman Scouts also provided much interest and valuable Squadron training. The Squadron, which provided the Command aerobatic team, represented the Royal Air Force
at numerous trade fairs and official occasions both with the Venom and later, with the Hunter.
The Squadron left Nairobi for UK at the end of March, 1960 where a very successful two month conversion
