De-commission
The Signals Unit ceased operations on July 15, 1958, following the military coup in Baghdad. At the end of October 1958, work began on removing the convoy from the plateau to RAF Habbaniya and the Unit strength was reduced to a closing party of ten.
At various times during its brief life, 123 Signals Unit had several high-ranking visitors including:
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Boyle (KCVO, KBE, CB, DFC), Chief of the Air Staff
- Air Vice-Marshal H.H Brookes (CB, CBE, DFC), Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq
- Air Vice-Marshal W.J. Crisham (CB, CBE), Air Officer Commanding, Air Headquarters Levant
- General Enver Alpahy, Director General of Electronics and Communications, Turkish Army
- Brigadier Ismael, Iraqi Army
- Colonel Baghdadi, Royal Iraqi Air Force
- Colonel Azzazi, Royal Iraqi Air Force
123 Signals Unit Royal Air Force became operational again but this time in Aden at RAF Steamer Point during the early 1960s. Situated on high ground above Steamer Point Hospital it enjoyed magnificent views over the famous natural harbour of Aden and Little Aden to the west. After 1967 when British Forces left Aden on Independence the Unit began operating at Juffair, Bahrain.
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