 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - No. 36 Squadron yakatanga miedzo yeparachute neHercules muna September 1960. Kutanga muna May 1962, mauto eRAAF aiva muUbon, Thailand, pasi pezvibvumirano zveSEATO akagoverwa nebasa renguva dzose reHercules. Muna December wegore iroro, Hercules akaita ndege dzayo dzokutanga dzinotakura mauto munzvimbo yehondo, apo imwe yeC-130s yeNo. 36 Squadron yakabatana neCommonwealth airlift kubva kuSingapore kuenda kuBorneo pakutanga kwe Konfrontasipakati peIndonesia neMalaysia; mishoni dzakafanana dzaizoitwa kwemamwe makore mashanu. Muna 1964, vaviri vokutanga Dassault Mirage III varwi kuti vakaungana muAustralia vakabhururuka zvidimbu kubva kuFrance kuna Hurumende Aircraft Factories pa Avalon, Victoria, kubudikidza RAAF Hercules. Mugore iroro, zvichitevera kupinda muAustralia basa reHavilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou neNo. 38 Squadron, No. 486 Squadron yakapera uye midziyo yayo nevashandi yakakamurwa pakati peNhamba 36 ne38 Squadrons. RAAFs simba gumi nemaviri C-130A Hercules yakawedzerwa ne gumi nemaviri C-130Es kutanga muna Nyamavhuvhu 1966. No. 37 Squadron, yakaparadzwa muna 1948, yakaumbwazve paRichmond kuti ishandise mienzaniso mitsva. No. 486 Squadron yakagadzirwazve kuti igovere kuchengetedza kwevaviri veHercules squadrons. No. 36 Squadrons tasking was mainly domestic and tactical in nature, while No. 37 Squadrons was overseas and strategic, due to the longer range of its C-130Es. Muna May 1967, maHercules matatu eNo. 37 Squadron akatsigira Operation Fast Caravan, kuendeswa kwe23 Mirages yeNo. 75 Squadron kuButterworth. 