Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da dama daga cikin masu fashewa na USAAF sun yi aiki a karkashin ikon NEA a farkon 1942, ciki har da A-24 Banshees na 8th Bombardment Squadron daga Port Moresby, da kuma B-17 Flying Fortresses na 435th Bombardment Squadron (wanda aka sani da "Kangaroo Squadron") daga Townsville. Tun daga ranar 20 ga Afrilu, an ba da izinin gudanar da aiki a kan dukkan kayan aikin yaƙi na RAAF, gami da umarnin yanki, a cikin sabon hedkwatar Sojojin Sama na Allied (AAF) a ƙarƙashin South West Pacific Area Command (SWPA). Ɗaya daga cikin sakamakon wannan shi ne hadewar ma'aikatan USAAF da RAAF a hedkwatar yankin. Dangane da tarihin hukuma na RAAF, kodayake "mafi yawan aikin diflomasiyya ne fiye da hanyar da ake amfani da ita na ƙungiyar yaƙi", ya ba wa ma'aikata daga bangarorin biyu damar samun saurin daidaitawa da juna kuma "a Arewa maso Gabas, a matsayin misali, yanayin ya kasance mai farin ciki kuma ma'aikatan suna da haɗin kai sosai". Bayan da
Yaƙin Tekun Coral a watan Mayu, rukunin USAAF ba su ci gaba da aiki a ƙarƙashin ikon RAAF a cikin NEA ba amma manyan jami'an Amurka na AAF ne ke ba da umarnin kai tsaye; an canja cikakken alhakin aikin aiki a cikin NEA zuwa AAF a ƙarshen Yuli.