Konfrontasi

Although the seeds of the conflict (it was never acknowledged as a war) were sown in WWII and followed from Operation Firedog, violence erupted when Indonesian backed forces attacked Brunei Town early in the morning of 8 Dec 1962, in an attempt to derail the formation of the Federation of Malaysia. HMS Albion arrived off Brunei on 14 Dec and flew off Commando helicopters to support its retaking (aka Operation Ale). The first RAF helicopters to arrive were 2 Sycamore from 110 Squadron on 24 Dec 1962 at Seletar. 656 Squadron was in theatre and controlled a number of widely dispersed Flights. Operations to contain, disrupt and remove terrorist activities continued until the signing of the Bangkok Agreement in Aug 1966.