0 5 ▁Squadron ' s ▁strength ▁was ▁increased ▁to ▁eight ▁Sky h aw ks , ▁and ▁it ▁tempor arily ▁operated ▁with ▁ten ▁of ▁the ▁type ▁during ▁Ex erc ise ▁K ang ar oo ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁A - 4 G s ▁were ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁board ▁the ▁car rier ▁when ▁she ▁visited ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁J ub ile e ▁Fle et ▁Review , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Sky h aw ks ▁also ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁that ▁year ' s ▁Royal ▁International ▁Air ▁T atto o . ▁Melbourne ▁under w ent ▁major ▁ref its ▁between ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁and ▁August ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁mid - 1 9 7 5 ▁to ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁and ▁from ▁July ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁to ▁February ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁During ▁the ▁periods ▁the ▁car rier ▁was ▁under ▁ref it ▁her ▁air ▁group ▁operated ▁from ▁Al bat ross . ▁Melbourne ▁was ▁the ▁smallest ▁car rier ▁to ▁regularly ▁operate ▁Sky h aw ks . ▁ ▁The ▁A - 4 G s ▁operated ▁in ▁several ▁roles ▁while ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁board ▁Melbourne , ▁and ▁also ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁training ▁exer cis es ▁from ▁air ▁bases ▁around ▁Australia . ▁While ▁their ▁main ▁role ▁was ▁to ▁provide ▁air ▁defence ▁for ▁the ▁car rier ▁and ▁other ▁war ships ▁using ▁Side w inder ▁miss iles ▁and ▁can non , ▁the ▁Sky h aw ks