 Ẹ parí gbólóhùn yìí: Ní January 1961, No. 81 Wing ni a dá padà ní RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales. Flying CAC Sabres, awọn afikun rẹ pẹlu No. 75 ati 76 Squadrons, bakanna bi No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit No. 2 OCU ati a tun ṣe agbekalẹ No. 481 Squadron. Ni Oṣu Kẹsan ọdun 1964, Awọn ọmọ-ogun 76 ati 481 ti a gbe si RAAF Base Darwin, Northern Territory, gẹgẹbi apakan ti Iṣẹ-ṣiṣe Iṣẹ-ṣiṣe, eto pajawiri ti a ko ni igbasilẹ ti a fi ipa mu lakoko awọn ogun ti o wa ni Northern Territory : Konfrontasi laarin Indonesia ati Malaysia. Awọn Sabres ti No. 76 Squadron, ti o ni ipọnju pẹlu awọn iṣọn Sidewinder, ni lati daabobo lodi si ikọlu ti o ṣeeṣe nipasẹ awọn ọmọ-ogun Indonesia lẹhin ti iṣeto ti iṣeto ti Federation of Malaysia. Èyí ni ìgbà àkọkọ látìgbà Ogun Àgbáyé Kejì tí ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun òfuurufú Royal Australian Air Force RAAF gbé ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun òfuurufú kan síbi tí ewu wà lórílẹ-èdè Ọsirélíà. Bi No. 75 Squadron ti wa ni ipa jade ti igbese pending iyipada si Dassault Mirage III, awọn deployment tumo si wipe gangan gbogbo awọn mainland jagunjagun agbara ti a ti fi si ariwa. Oludari Oludari No. 81 Wing, Group Captain A.F. Mather, gba ipa ti Oludari Idaabobo afẹfẹ Agbegbe. Ko si ija ti o tẹle, idaduro nikan ti Sabres jẹ bombu Canberra ti No. 1 Operational Conversion Unit, ṣugbọn iriri naa ṣe afihan awọn ailagbara ni aabo ti Ariwa Australia ati ṣe alabapin si ipinnu lati ṣetọju idasilẹ ti o wa titi ti No. 81 Wing fighters ni Darwin, ati lẹhinna ni RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory. 