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// Royal New Zealand Air Force Assists in Christchurch

USAR personnel bound for Christchurch to assist after the earthquake, board a C-130 Hercules at RNZAF Base Ohakea.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130 Hercules left for Christchurch on Saturday carrying Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel and dogs.

Forty two USAR personnel, their equipment and three USAR dogs from the Auckland and Palmerston North areas were on board.

 

// News

Low flying Hercules takes on Manawatu
Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules will be flying low over the Manawatu between 6 – 10 September as part of TACEX, No. 40 Squadron’s Combat Qualification exercise.

Air Force's Newest Recruits Graduate
After 13 weeks of training, 39 Air Force recruits recently stepped up to a career in the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Exercise High Explosive
Over five brisk days, Kaipara became a war zone. No. 5 Squadron’s P-3K Orion dropped 30 practice bombs and 8,000 lbs of High Explosive (HE) bombs on the sands of Kaipara Air Weapons Range.

// Aircraft

P-3k2 Orion progress report updated
The arrival back to New Zealand of the second modified Boeing 757.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter.
NH90 Helicopter

// Gallery

New Download of a NH-90 Helicopter model for Microsoft flight simulator.

Images, Movies and Downloads

// Feature Stories

Sir Keith Park Statue to be Unveiled in London
A permanent bronze statue of New Zealander Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park will be unveiled at a formal ceremony in London on 15 September.

RNZAF’s UOS Students
At the start of the last university year, five keen Royal New Zealand Air Force UOS students piled out of the Iroquois and onto the Massey Campus for the official launch.

New RNZAF Air Ambulance
The RNZAF is developing an Aero-medical Evacuation air ambulance capability to enable patients to be transferred safely around the world in its Boeing 757 aircraft.

// Careers

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Civilian Vacancies

// What's on

Air Force Proms concert in The Wellington Town Hall, 2.00pm on Sunday 10th of October.

The Air Force Proms
in concert at The Wellington Town Hall, 2.00pm on Sunday 10th of October.

Top image of a C130 Hercules on ground, middle image of Mission Aircrew inside aircraft and bottom image of Iroquois in mid-flight.
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