Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan an ba shi izini a matsayin jami'in matukin jirgi a tsakiyar aikinsa na Koriya, Newham na gaba ya kasance tare da No. 78 (Fighter) Wing a Malta, inda ya tashi de Havilland Vampires har zuwa 1955. Wing ya kasance a aikin garrison a Malta tun Yuli 1952, kuma Newham na ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin mayakan Koriya guda biyar waɗanda suka maye gurbin matukan jirgi da aka tura zuwa Ostiraliya. Ya auri Jo Cranston a 1956; ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu da ɗa. A watan Nuwambar 1957, Newham ya ci gaba da zama mai kula da jirgin sama kuma yana fuskantar horo a kan CAC Sabre. Daga 1958 zuwa 1960 ya yi aiki a Malaya tare da No. 3 Squadron, wanda Sabres ya gudanar da ayyukan yaki da 'yan gurguzu na kwaminisanci a cikin shekaru na karshe na
Bala'i na Malayan.