STORY📰 #NZArmy Lance Corporal Tyrone Stewart has relished the opportunity to work alongside the United States Air Force during the recent #NZAirForce Exercise Mobility Astra out of Base Woodbourne.
STORY📰 The sound of #NZAirForce aircraft flying overhead has been a familiar one over #Marlborough in recent weeks as pilots sharpen their flying and decision-making skills during Exercise Wise Owl.
STORY📰 For the first time a #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules has been flying under an Australian call sign, while being embedded in a Royal Australian Air Force squadron.
STORY📰 A #NZAirForce P-8A Poseidon aircraft has deployed from Base Ohakea to #Guam to take part in Exercise Sea Dragon, a multi-national anti-submarine warfare exercise held annually at the #UnitedStates’ Andersen Air Force Base.
UPDATE📢 A #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules of No 40 Squadron has taken off from Base Auckland at #Whenuapai bound for the #MiddleEast region, to be ready to conduct civilian evacuation flights if required, and if conditions in the area make them possible.
STORY📰 Aircraftman Riley Kingi has taken to military life and is excited by his new avionics technician career, which will involve keeping Royal #NZAirForce aircraft in the air, such as No. 3 Squadron’s A109 helicopters.
STORY📰 When #RoyalAirForce pilot Squadron Leader Paul Harrison moved his family across the world from the #UK to #Nelson and started work as a #NZAirForce flying instructor, he wondered about joining the Black Falcons aerobatic team.
STORY📰 A #NZAirForce P-8A Poseidon aircraft has carried out a successful fisheries patrol over the #PitcairnIsland Exclusive Economic Zone identifying vessels of interest for the #UnitedKingdom.
STORY📰 Helicopter pilot Lieutenant Commander Stephen Knowles, the first #NZNavy pilot to join the #NZAirForce Black Falcons, says his path from the sea to aerobatics was about as straightforward as a barrel roll.
STORY📰 New Zealand’s ability to launch assistance to its Pacific neighbours in the event of a disaster has been tested at #NZAirForce Base Auckland, where several agencies strengthened their readiness for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in the region.
STORY📰 The New Zealand Defence Force has bolstered enforcement of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against North Korea, deploying the #NZNavy and #NZAirForce on Operation Whio.
STORY📰 Firefighting is a passion for a #Blenheim man serving in both the local volunteer fire brigade and as an Aviation Rescue Firefighter in the #NZAirForce.
STORY📰 #Rotorua aviator Corporal Atelea Mapapalangi (Te Arawa) had his #NZAirForce career mapped out, before suffering a serious health issue which changed that trajectory and forced him to reevaluate his future and open new doors.
STORY📰 #NZArmy soldiers wrap up the largest exercise in the South Island for 2025, aimed to test the Motorised Infantry Company Group with supporting units from across 1st (NZ) Brigade and the #NZAirForce.
STORY📰 For the first time in its more than 10-year history, the #CookIslands Blue Light programme has given its teenage participants a hands-on experience with a multi-million-dollar #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules aircraft.
STORY📰 Roughly 200 #NZAirForce Base Ohakea personnel and their families ran, walked, biked or scooted around the base’s runways in support of Mental Health Awareness Week.
NEWS📢 Two #NZAirForce NH90 helicopters have flown from Australia to New Zealand, via Norfolk Island, on a record-breaking journey for the aircraft.
STORY📰 Sergeant Matatunoa Mata has flown around the world and into plenty of hotspots with the #NZAirForce but he has ticked off his top destination – his tiny home island of Ma’uke in the #CookIslands.
NEWS📢 For the first time #NZAirForce NH90 helicopters have flown between two countries, crossing a large swathe of ocean.
STORY📰 A #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules and two NH90 helicopters have delivered equipment, medical gear and clothing to remote areas of #PapuaNewGuinea.
STORY📰 More than 100 Air Cadets were treated to a meet-and-greet with #NZAirForce student pilots during Exercise Wise Owl in #Auckland.
STORY📰 Corporal Nikara Ross’s Services Academy experience was boosted by a supportive instructor, setting the trajectory of her career towards joining the #NZAirForce and becoming a Youth Development Specialist.
STORY📰 We are pleased to support our Pacific neighbours, flying military bands from #Tonga, #Fiji and #Vanuatu on board a #NZAirForce Boeing 757 to #PapuaNewGuinea for the nation’s celebrations of its 50th anniversary of independence.
STORY📰 In an unusual twist of timing, #NZAirForce logistics specialist Corporal Mikaylah Lucinsky, from #Manakau, near #Levin, recently deployed to #Guam on Exercise Mobility Guardian as a Leading Aircraftman but came home as a Corporal.
NEWS📢 The #NZAirForce for the first time deployed its MC-12K King Air aircraft to #Fiji to conduct maritime surveillance patrols.
VIDEO One of the four #NZAirForce pilots that undertook a daring rescue of three American personnel in #Antarctica says the operation was "one of the most memorable".
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READ📖 How we defend our country is becoming more dependent on activities in space.
Explore the work of #NZAirForce No. 62 Squadron and how our aviators are safeguarding life as we know it.
NEWS📢 Crew on an #NZAirForce C-130J Hercules have carried out a challenging mid-winter medical evacuation from McMurdo Station in #Antarctica.
STORY📰 #NZAirForce pilots flying the new C-130J Hercules can now use cutting-edge technology to give more accurate information to parachutists performing high-altitude jumps.
STORY📰 Communications and Information Systems (CIS), and Intelligence specialists from the #NZAirForce recently took to the field, practising skills vital in warfighting and humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HADR) scenarios.