 With the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, the name of the force was changed to "Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia" (Royal Malaysian Air Force).At the time of independence in 1957, the Malayan Armed Forces, together with British Commonwealth troops were engaged in the Emergency, a communist insurgency in the Malayan interior.The Malayan Communist Party, led by Chin Peng, found support mainly among the ethnic Chinese.