 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 19 December 1948 vaDutch vakatanga chiito chechipiri chemapurisa, chinonzi Operation Kraai, iyo yaibatanidza kurwisa kumadokero kweJava neSumatra. Iyi nhimbe yakapfuurira kusvikira 9 January 1949; munguva iyi No. 120 Squadrons Kittyhawks akabhururuka 183 sorties kunyange zvazvo ndege ina dzakarasika. Pakuvamba muna 1949 boka racho rakashongedzerwazve neP-51 Mustang varwi, uye rakanga rine mapfumbamwe eidzi ndege asi vatyairi vatanhatu bedzi muna April. Muna July 1949 vaNetherlands navaIndonesia vakabvumirana kumbomira kurwa, uye hondo yakaguma muna December vaNetherlands vachipa uchangamire kuRepublic of the United States of Indonesia. Somugove wekugadziriswa uku NEIAF yakaendeswa kuRepublic itsva, kunyange zvazvo vaDutch vakachengetedza No. 18 uye 120 Squadrons kwenguva yakareba sezvinobvira. No. 120 Squadron yakarega kuvapo pana 1 March 1950. 