 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - SeCAS, Hancock akashanda kusimudzira kugona kwekudzivirira kweRAAF mudunhu rePacific, kunyanya muchiedza chekukwirisa kwakanyanya neIndonesia panguva yayo ye KonfrontasineMalaysia. Muna June 1963, Hancock akaita basa kuBritain, France neUnited States kuti afunge nezvekutsiva kweEnglish Electric Canberra bhomba senzvimbo huru yekurwisa ndege yeAustralia. Pashure pokuongorora US TFX, North American A-5 Vigilante uye McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, British BAC TSR-2, uye French Dassault Mirage IV, Hancock akasarudza swing-bapiro TFX, mutangiri General Dynamics F-111, aizova ndege yakanakisisa wakanyatsokodzera kuti basa iri. Sezvo TFX yakanga isati yatombobhururuka, akakurudzira kutenga Vigilante yakanga yatoshanda kare kuti adzivise kutyisidzira kwakanga kwava pedyo kubva kuIndonesia. In chiitiko, Hurumende Federal haana kuenda mberi ane pakarepo yokutsiva nokuda Canberra, uye Hancock yepakutanga kusarudza TFX akanga akatorwa somunhu-refu mhinduro, zvichiita kuti Australia chibvumirano muna October kutenga F-111C. Mumwedzi iwoyo, sezvo Konfrontasi yakaramba ichibika, Hancock akabvumidza kurerutsa mitemo yekubatana kweAustralia CAC Sabre varwi vanobva kuRAAF Butterworth kuti vabatane uye vaparadze ndege dzeIndonesia dzinotyora nzvimbo yemhepo yeMalay. Mwedzi wakatevera iye akakurudzira kushandisa RAAF Canberras kubva kuButterworth kuita kurwisa kwekutanga kurwisa maIndonesian air bases, mukutsiva kwekupinda muWest Malaysia, asi Britain, iyo yakanga yakatanga kukumbira kubatanidzwa kweAustralia, yakazvidzora pakuita. 