Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọrụ nke RAAF Base Townsville gbanwere n'afọ ndị 1960 na 1970 na ngbanwe nke ebe nchekwa nchekwa Australia na-aga n'ebe ugwu. N'afọ 1960, ọtụtụ ndị agha Australia ka nọ nso n'isi obodo ndịda, dịka ha si kemgbe afọ 1880, mana ahụmịhe na Malaya
, Sarawak na Vietnam gbanwere mkpa nke iwu nchekwa na njikere maka esemokwu mpaghara dị oke. Ọkwa nke ọrụ ụgbọ elu ndị agha na Townsville malitere ịbawanye mgbe e guzobere na 1966 nke Lavarack Barracks, nke ji nwayọọ nwayọọ too ghọọ nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ ndị agha Australia, na Isi ụlọ ọrụ nke atọ Task Force. N'afọ 1976, No. 35 Squadron nọ na Townsville iji kwado ọrụ ndị agha. Agbanyeghị, n'afọ na-eso ya, ebugharịrị No. 10 Squadron na RAAF Base Edinburgh na South Australia, na ihe karịrị afọ iri atọ nke ọrụ nyocha nke mmiri site na Townsville kwụsịrị.