Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chakaendeswa kuRAF Akrotiri kuCyprus muna Nyamavhuvhu 1956 apo Britain neFrance vakagadzirira kupindura kwemauto kuEjipitori Nationalisation yeSuez Canal
. Musi wa31 Gumiguru, maBritish nemaFrench vakatanga Operation Musketeer, nhevedzano yekurwiswa kwakasimba nemhepo pazvinangwa zveEjipitori zvakateverwa nekumhara musi wa6 Mbudzi. Basa reNo. 39 Squadron rakanga riri rokudzivirira nhandare dzendege dzinokosha muCyprus pakutsiva kupi nokupi kungaitwa neEgipita. Dzvinyiriro yakabva kuUN yakamanikidza kumira kwechimbichimbi muEgypt uye kubviswa kwemauto eAnglo-French pakupera kwaZvita, asi squadron yakaramba iri muCyprus mushure mekunge mauto eBritish apararira, achibhururuka mapurisa kuti adzivise ndege dzaifungidzirwa kuti dzinodonhedza zvigadziro kumauto eEOKA anorwisa kutonga kweBritish kweCyprus. Mutumbi mukuru wechikwata chakadzokera kuMalta muna Kurume 1957, asi chikwata chakachengetwa kuCyprus. Kunetsana muRebhanoni (iyo pakupedzisira yakaguma muRebhanoni Crisis yaJuly-October 1958) yakakonzera kuti squadron yose iende kuCyprus muna Chivabvu 1958, asi yakakurumidza kudzokera kuMalta uye yakaparadzwa musi wa30 Chikumi 1958.