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// Feature Stories

Below is a collection of articles about everyday Air Force men and women. From communications specialists serving overseas to recent pilot graduates at Ohakea Air Force Base, these are their stories.

Feature Stories for 2007:

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January: Exercise Skytrain; Train Hard, Fight Easy: PDT Meets the Mark; Antarctica: 50th anniversary of Scott Base; Weapons Recovery in Afghanistan

March: Auckland man earns his wings; Methven man takes to the sky; Student pilot, Hamish Reichardt; Southland man to earn his wings; NZDF Sports Awards; Gisborne man to keep the peace in Central Africa

April: Defence Force Four to walk 100 km for Oxfam; Dunedin man prepares to deploy to Timor Leste; RNZAF at work with Australian Army Blackhawks

May: Defence Strategy Publication; Women in Armed Forces Amendment Act Passed; Air Force locates lost tramper; Scottish village pays tribute to Kiwi Pilot; NZSAS: Background and FAQs; Napier man prepares for NZDF Timor Leste assignment; Keeping Air Force rotors spinning in Timor Leste

June: Former Southland soccer rep shows off skills in Dili; The 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Messines; Careers Advisors see Defence at first hand; Air Force Fire Crews Assist At Eagle Air Emergency Landing; Fire Fighters Ready For All Contingencies; Korean War Commemorated; Keeping helicopters burning and turning in Timor Leste

July: Tango Foxtrot in the Sollies; Victoria Cross hero status captures imagination; New Vice Chief of Defence Named; Air Force the logical choice for Wellington Wings graduate

August: Wellington man keeping the peace in South Korea; Tribute for Vietnam Vets launched at Parliament; Exercise Suman Protector; Airman’s Cousin finds Closure in Remains Discovery

September: A coffee drinker’s mission to Timor-Leste; New Zealand Medics, Afghan Style; Kiwi soldiers get a taste of home in Afghanistan; Air Force man's poignant link to Passchendaele; NZDF crew saves newborn baby in Timor; Levin woman swaps home comforts for Timor challenge

October: Local resident plays at special UK Ceremony; Ceremonies mark 90th Anniversary; Afghanistan service for Palmerston North father and son; Protecting the Pacific all in a days work

November: Tactics, Tempo and Troops: The New Commander, Joint Forces NZ; Remembrance Day in Antarctica; Iroquois reach 500 hour milestone in Timor Leste

December: Commitment to Service earns Commendations; Gallipoli Youth Award 2008; Ex Airmen enjoy RNZAF Graduation Ceremony

// Archived Feature Stories:

Air Load Master C130 Conversion Course. Student: CPL Reece Fenton