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Home-based at RAF Tengah, No. 60 Squadron was a re-equipped with early-mark Gloster Javelin interceptors in 1961 and received its first four Javelin FAW.Mk 9s (including the example illustrated here) from No. 64 Squadron in November 1963. Once the Indonesian forces began operating aircraft in support of the guerrillas in Borneo in early 1964, No. 60 and No. 20 Squadrons formed the Borneo Jet Force, forward deployed at Kuching and Labuan. The camouflage pattern of No. 60 Squadron’s Javelins consisted of dark sea grey and dark green over, and high-speed silver finish on undersurfaces. No. 60 Squadron’s crest (the head of a markhor/antelope) was usually outlined in the colour of the flight (red for A, blue for B, and green for C Flight). The typical configuration included two 230-gallon drop tanks and a pair of Firestreak air-to-air missiles. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)

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