 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Cobby ṣiṣẹ bi AOC NEA titi di Oṣu kọkanla ọdun 1943, ti o fi silẹ fun Air Commodore John Summers, ti o ni aṣẹ fun iyokù ogun naa. Ní ìparí oṣù Kọkànlá Oṣù, àwọn òṣìṣẹ ní orílé-iṣé NEA jẹ 499, títí kan àwọn òṣìṣẹ mẹtàdínlọgọrùn-ún. Awọn Catalinas ti NEA darapọ mọ ọkọ ofurufu ti No. 9 Group ni atilẹyin fun ikọlu AMẸRIKA ti New Britain ni Oṣu kejila ọdun 1943 ati Oṣu Kini ọdun 1944. Awọn Catalinas tun ṣe awọn iṣẹ-ṣiṣe ti o wa ni ayika Okun Timor ni itọsọna si awọn gbigbe ni Hollandia ati : Aitape ní April 1944. Ni oṣu yẹn, Ẹgbẹ No. 9, eyiti o ti di agbara garrison iduroṣinṣin ti o jọra si awọn aṣẹ agbegbe lori ilẹ nla Australia, ni a yi orukọ rẹ pada si Northern Command ati fun ni ojuse fun awọn ẹya RAAF ni New Guinea. Ní August, No. 75 Wing ni wọn tú ká, àwọn ẹka rẹ sì di ojúṣe tààrà ti orílé-iṣẹ NEA. Ni oṣu kanna, No. 76 Wing headquarters, ti a da ni Townsville ni Oṣu Kini ati lẹhinna ti o da ni Cairns, ni a gbe lọ si Darwin, Northern Territory. Ibẹ ló ti wá wà lábẹ ìdarí orílé-iṣẹ NWA, ó sì ń bójú tó ìgbòkègbodò àwọn ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun Catalina mẹta, títí kan No. 20. No. 42 Wing disbanded in October 1944, following a decision to assign control of RAAF radar stations to mobile fighter control units or similar formations. No. 42 Wing disbanded in October 1944, following a decision to assign control of RAAF radar stations to mobile fighter control units or similar formations. No. 42 Wing disbanded in October 1944, following a decision to assign control of RAAF radar stations to mobile fighter control units or similar formations. Nígbà tó fi máa di ìparí oṣù February ọdún 1945, àwọn òṣìṣẹ tó wà ní orílé-iṣẹ NEA ti di 743, títí kan àwọn òṣìṣẹ ológun méjìdínláàádóje. No. 72 Wing headquarters transferred to Townsville in May that year, and disbanded a month later. Ìpínlẹ No. 72 Wing headquarters transferred to Townsville in May that year, and disbanded a month later. 