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// ‘Five-Eyes’: Air and Space Interoperability

A RNZAF C-130 Hercules

Have you ever wondered how a Royal New Zealand Air Force Hercules lands at Kandahar Airbase in Afghanistan, which is run by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)?

How it is re-fuelled by a British re-fuel truck delivering the right quality of fuel, using nozzles that fit the C-130?

// News

A Masterton Mid-Winter Music Spectacular
The 65 members of the Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Air Force will perform a concert for all ages at the Masterton Town Hall 7.00pm on Friday 6 August.
See other band concerts

RNZAF Iroquois & Australian Army Blackhawk Alpine Flying Exercise
No. 3 Squadron from the Royal New Zealand Air Force will hold its annual mountain flying exercise over the period 19 - 30 July 2010.

New Air Force Officers Graduate
The Royal New Zealand Air Force celebrated the graduation of 15 Officers from the Initial Officer Training Course (IOTC) after 22 weeks of training at Woodbourne base on Friday afternoon, 9 July.

// Aircraft

P-3k 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

Queen’s Birthday Honours
Eleven NZDF personnel were been named in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours on 7 June, of which three were from the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The French Connection
The aim of the exercise was a reciprocal exchange of low level round parachute conversion qualifications, and to enhance interoperability between the two nations.

First Female Air Engineer
Royal New Zealand Air Force’s first ever female Flight Engineer, the flight deck of a C-130 Hercules is Sergeant Robyn Claffey’s new office.

// Careers

Are you ready to Step Up to a RNZAF career? Visit STEPUP.MIL.NZ or contact us by sending a TXT 'STEPUP' to 223 or call 0800 AIRFORCE.

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// What's on

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