Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọrụ nke RAAF Base Townsville gbanwere na 1960s na 1970s na ngbanwe zuru oke nke ebe nchekwa nchekwa Australia. 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 mkpalite nke iwu nchekwa na njikere maka esemokwu mpaghara pere mpe. 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.