 Muna 1960 sangano reSEATO rakanga richinetseka nezvemamiriro ezvinhu muSouth-East Asia zvikaita kuti Royal Air Force iwedzere kuvapo kwayo munzvimbo iyi. 20 Squadron yakavandudzwa, yakashongedzerwa neHunter FGA9, nyanzvi yekurwisa pasi yeiyo ndege. Vatyairi vechikwata chakavandudzwa vakaunganidza ndege dzavo kubva kuUK ndokuzvitakura kuenda kuRAF Tengah, Singapore, nechikwata chakazara munaNovember 1960. Kwemakore gumi akatevera, 20 Squadron yakaramba iri paTengah. Kudzidziswa kwemazuva ese muSingapore neMalaysia kwakachengetedza hunyanzvi mumabasa ayo akasiyana siyana, nepo mauto akaitika panguva dzakasiyana kuHong Kong, Don Muang, Korat neButterworth., iyo squadron yakatumira ndege kuLabuan neKuching ichipa kurwisa uye kudzivirira mhepo pakurwisa kupinda muMalaysia nepasi, gungwa nemhepo. 20 Squadron yakatanga Ndege nyowani muna 1969, apo 209 Squadron paRAF Seletar yakaparara, ichitora 3 yePioneer STOL ndege dzayo dzeForward Air Control mabasa ekutsigira vavhimi vayo. Muna 1968, hurumende yeBritain yakazivisa kuti yaizobvisa kuEast of Suez muna 1971, izvo zvakatungamira pakuparara kwe20 Squadron muna Kukadzi 1970. 