Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Matsayin RAAF Base Townsville ya canza a cikin 1960s da 1970s tare da janar arewacin ƙaura na tushen tsaro na Australia. A cikin 1960, yawancin sojojin Australiya har yanzu suna kusa da manyan biranen kudancin, kamar yadda suka kasance tun daga shekarun 1880, amma gogewa a Malaya
, Sarawak da Vietnam sun sauya mahimmancin manufofin tsaro zuwa shirye-shirye don rikice-rikice na yanki. Matsayin aikin jirgin sama na soja a Townsville ya fara ƙaruwa bayan kafa a 1966 na Lavarack Barracks, wanda a hankali ya girma ya zama mafi girman sansanin Sojojin Australia, da kuma hedkwatar Task Force na Uku. A shekara ta 1976, No. 35 Squadron yana da tushe a Townsville don tallafawa ayyukan Sojoji. Koyaya, a shekara mai zuwa, an tura Squadron na 10 zuwa RAAF Base Edinburgh a Kudancin Ostiraliya, kuma sama da shekaru talatin na ayyukan bincike na teku daga Townsville sun daina.