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Eight Britons killed in terrorist attack repatriated
Eight Britons killed in the terrorist attack on a tourist resort in Tunisia last week have been repatriated by the RAF. These repatriations were carried out by members of the Queen’s Colour Squadron,...
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Britain takes delivery of third A400M
The UK Ministry of Defence announced it has taken delivery of its third A400M Atlas. The next-generation transport aircraft took off from the assembly plant in Seville, Spain, and landed at its new...
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Retired NZ Iroquois fleet sold for parts
The retired Royal New Zealand Air Force Iroquois helicopter fleet has been sold for parts. Following an international tendering process, Dakota Air Parts of the United States has been selected as the...
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Kiwi Orion finds three lost souls – adding to 2015 tally
A New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft last night located a dinghy with three lost souls aboard missing near Tokelau in the Pacific. The dingy had been missing since Tuesday morning. All...
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Modern bomber vets on WWII mission
Modern bomber vets of past and present RAF combat missions paid tribute to the heroes of Bomber Command in a fly-past over Lincolnshire yesterday. Tornado GR4 fighter bomber crews, whose comrades are...
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Last RAF Search and Rescue mission
More than 74 years of continuous life-saving search-and-rescue operations by the Royal Air Force in the UK came to an end yesterday. On Sunday 4 October at 1:00pm the RAF Base Chivenor duty search and...
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Seven new RNZAF pilots get their ‘Wings’
Seven newly qualified RNZAF pilots got their ‘Wings’ or brevets from New Zealand’s Chief of Defence Force at a parade at Air Force Base Ohakea today. Lieutenant General Tim Keating said presentation of...
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Black Falcons to feature at Ohakea Air Show
One of the biggest air shows in New Zealand will thrill crowds at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea, two hours north of Wellington, from 24-26 February 2017 – and will feature the RNZAF’s newly...
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RNZAF gained four new members this week
The Royal New Zealand Air Force gained four new members this week when two men and their dogs graduated from MWD school. Wellington men, Leading Aircraftman Thomas Olsen and Aircraftman Danial Forsyth...
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New Zealand T-6C Texan fleet tops 1000 flying hours
Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Beechcraft T-6C Texan II pilot-training aircraft fleet has topped 1000 flying hours. PHOTO: New Zealand’s first T-6C aircraft, delivered in 2014, with INSET: the Red...
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B-52 to operate out of RAAF Base Darwin
A United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress long-range strategic bomber will conduct training activities in the Northern Territory and operate out of RAAF Base Darwin throughout next week. File...
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F-35 Lightening completes first trans-Atlantic crossing
An Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) F-35A Lightning II aircraft completed the very first trans-Atlantic crossing for the type, arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, USA, from...
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Kiwi firefighters on Tasmania’s firelines
The New Zealand Defence Force is deploying a second rotation of firefighters to Tasmania this weekend as authorities there gear up for another month battling bushfires. CAPTION: Kiwi firefighters in...
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Busy week for NZDF in search and rescue ops
New Zealand Defence Force aircraft have taken part in two major search and rescue operations this week rescuing two stranded tourists and helping in the search for three missing fishermen. The missions...
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Kiwi’s crack down on paua poachers
A three-day patrol conducted by a combined team from the New Zealand Defence Force and the Ministry for Primary Industries recently served a stern warning to paua poachers in Wellington and the West...
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Aid flies in to Fiji after TC Winston
Australian and New Zealand government have authorised the first deployment of Defence flights to transport personnel and humanitarian supplies to Fiji in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Winston....
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More Kiwi aid for Fiji
The New Zealand government announced today that New Zealand Defence Force vessels, HMNZS Canterbury and HMNZS Wellington will be dispatched to carry Kiwi aid and to support relief efforts in Fiji as it...
View ArticleNZ crew take “Top Cat” award on Green Flag
A C-130 Hercules crew from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) was judged the top performing crew in a multi-national exercise held in the United States recently. Caption: The 40 Squadron...
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NZAF Orion finds Kiribati fishermen missing a week
A New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion has found three Kiribati fishermen missing since the morning of 7 May adrift near Tarawa, the Pacific Islands nation’s capital and main atoll. CAPTION: A New...
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First Dutch F-35s fly home
Holland’s first two F-35As have arrived for the first time at Leeuwarden Air Base in The Netherlands yesterday. Pilots Colonel Bert “Vidal” de Smit and Major Pascal “Smiley” Smaal conducted a fly by...
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