Cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1950, an zaɓi No. 38 Squadron don zama wani ɓangare na sojojin Ostiraliya da aka ba wa Commonwealth Far East Air Force. A matsayin wani bangare na wannan rundunar, Gwamnatin Ostiraliya ta amince da rukunin da za a ba shi aikin jigilar jirage a duk faɗin Asiya da kuma ba da tallafi ga rundunar da Burtaniya ke jagoranta.
ayyukan yaki da 'yan tawaye a Malaya. Squadron ta gaba jam'iyyar isa a RAF Changi a Singapore a kan 19 Yuni 1950, da kuma duk da ma'aikatan da takwas Dakotas kasance aiki a can da 6 Yuli. Yayin da yake a Malaya, rundunar ta zo karkashin umurnin No. 90 (Composite) Wing, tare da Avro Lincoln-sanye take No. 1 Squadron. Rabin ma'aikatan jirgin sama na jirgin sama sun kasance tsofaffi na Berlin Airlift, amma babu wanda ke da kwarewar kai tsaye na yanayin wurare masu zafi. No. 38 Squadron ya fara aikin jigilar kaya a Malaya a farkon watan Yuli, tare da matukan jirgi na Burtaniya da New Zealand suna rakiyar ma'aikatan jirgin sama a cikin makonni biyu na farko na ayyukan don taimaka musu su saba da yanayin gida. Daga Yuli 1950 zuwa Fabrairu 1951, babban aikin Sojan Sama na 38 shi ne gudanar da jigilar jigilar kaya zuwa Borneo, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan da Philippines, kuma waɗannan sun kasance muhimmiyar alhakin a duk lokacin da aka kafa shi a Singapore. Bayan barkewar Yakin Koriya, rundunar ta tashi da sojojin Birtaniya da kayayyaki daga Singapore zuwa Japan da Koriya, kuma hudu daga cikin Dakotas na No. 38 Squadron an canja su zuwa No. 30 Communication Unit a Japan a watan Nuwamba 1950.