▁F - 7 ▁Sky bol ts ▁from ▁S LA F ▁Kat un ay ake . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Est ab lished ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁when ▁the ▁Royal ▁C ey lon ▁Air ▁Force ▁acquired ▁B AC ▁Jet ▁Prov ost ▁from ▁the ▁UK ▁to ▁introduce ▁jet ▁aircraft ▁to ▁its ▁fleet , ▁hence ▁it ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Jet ▁Squadron . ▁Based ▁at ▁RC y AF ▁China ▁Bay ▁just ▁after ▁its ▁transfer ▁from ▁the ▁R AF ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁its ▁primary ▁role ▁was ▁to ▁train ▁pil ots ▁for ▁jet ▁f igh ters ▁that ▁were ▁planned . ▁However ▁no ▁jet ▁f igh ters ▁were ▁acquired ▁by ▁the ▁RC y AF ▁and ▁the ▁Jet ▁Prov ost s ▁were ▁put ▁into ▁storage ▁by ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁The ▁Squadron ▁was ▁react iv ated ▁and ▁the ▁Jet ▁Prov ost s ▁were ▁taken ▁out ▁of ▁storage ▁and ▁in ▁to ▁oper ational ▁use ▁when ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁In sur re ction ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁The ▁Squadron ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁civil ▁Rat mal ana ▁Airport ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁ins ur gency , ▁receiving ▁six ▁M iko yan - G ure v ich ▁Mi G - 1 7 F ▁f ighter - b omb s ▁and ▁a ▁M iko yan - G ure v ich ▁Mi G - 1 5 UT I ▁tra iner ▁from ▁the ▁USS R . ▁▁ ▁By ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁these ▁aircraft ▁were ▁retired ▁and ▁were ▁not