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A Boeing 757 lands at Pegasus airfield on the Ross Ice Shelf Boeing 757 of the RNZAF in 2009. The squadron saw action throughout the Pacific War against Japan, helped supply New Zealand forces fighting in Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and provided transport to United States and United Kingdom forces in the 1990 Gulf ...
Obsolete missile, no longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy. The Ikara was fitted to HMNZS Southland. One of the Leander-class frigates. Sea Cat: Seacat GWS-22: United Kingdom: Short-range surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile: 1960-1990s: Obsolete missile, no longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Māori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force.It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 April 1937.
This is a list of past and present squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Current RNZAF flying squadrons and units ... Boeing 757-200: 42 Squadron: Training/VIP:
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company in the early 1950s as a subsonic jet fighter for the United States Navy (USN). [1] Entering service with the USN in 1956, the Skyhawk was an immediate success and flew in a number of conflicts around the world, ranging from the Vietnam War to the Falklands War, as well as the First Gulf War.
In September 1943 the RNZAF reached its peak strength in New Zealand. By this time establishments included Air Headquarters in Wellington, the three group headquarters, and a total of thirty-three stations and depots throughout the country. [2] The Group Headquarters were combined headquarters and housed Navy and Army as well as Air Force staffs.
This is a list of units in the New Zealand Air Training Corps. [1] Each unit is led and managed by the Cadet Unit Commander, and their officers and staff. As of 2023 [update] there are 49 Air Training Corps squadrons in New Zealand.
The airlift was arranged by the U.S. Air Force, the British Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the South African Air Force using C-47 Skytrains, C-54 Skymasters, Handley Page Haltons, and Short Sunderlands. [7]