 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni ọdun 1960 awọn ifiyesi ti agbari SEATO nipa ipo ni Guusu ila oorun Asia mu ki Royal Air Force ṣe alekun wiwa rẹ ni agbegbe naa. 20 Squadron ni a tunṣe, ti a ni ipese pẹlu Hunter FGA9, ẹya ikọlu ilẹ ti o jẹ amọja ti ọkọ ofurufu. Awọn awakọ ofurufu ti a tunṣe gba ọkọ ofurufu wọn lati Ilu Gẹẹsi o si fo wọn lọ si RAF Tengah, Singapore, pẹlu squadron ni kikun ni Oṣu kọkanla ọdun 1960. Fun awọn ọdun 10 to nbo, 20 Squadron wa ni Tengah. Ikẹkọ deede ni Singapore ati Malaysia ṣetọju oye ni awọn ipa oriṣiriṣi rẹ, lakoko ti awọn idasilẹ waye ni awọn akoko oriṣiriṣi si Hong Kong, Don Muang, Korat ati Butterworth. : , awọn squadron deployed ofurufu to Labuan ati Kuching pese kolu ati air idaabobo lodi si incursions sinu Malaysia nipa ilẹ, okun ati air. 20 Squadron mulẹ titun kan Flight ni 1969, nigbati 209 Squadron ni RAF Seletar disbanded, gbigba 3 ti awọn oniwe-Pioneer STOL ofurufu fun Forward Air Iṣakoso iṣẹ ni atilẹyin ti awọn oniwe-Hunters. Ní ọdún 1968, ìjọba ilẹ Gẹẹsì kéde wípé òun yóò yọ kúrò ní East of Suez ní ọdún 1971, èyí tí ó yọrí sí ìfórúkọsílẹ 20 Squadron ní February 1970. 