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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 ...
Aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. By David Duxbury, Ross Ewing and Ross MacPherson, published by Heinemann Publishers (NZ), Auckland 1987, ISBN 0 86863 412 3. The Oxford Companion To New Zealand Military History. Edited by Ian McGibbon, published by Oxford University Press (NZ), Auckland 2000, ISBN 0 19 558 376 0
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.
Freedom Air's leased Boeing 757-200 at Hamilton Airport, used on its inaugural flight in 1995 A Freedom Air Airbus A320-200 at Christchurch Airport in 2006. The airline was established in 1995 as a response to the commencement of discount services between Australia and New Zealand by Kiwi Travel International Airlines [2] and started operations on 8 December 1995 with a single Boeing 757-200.
The following is a list of current Boeing 757 operators. There were 572 aircraft on operator registries as of December 2024 [update] ; 520 757-200s and 52 757-300s. Of the 572 aircraft, the status of 525 were listed as active, with 47 aircraft listed as parked.
The 757-200PF is specified with a MTOW of 255,000 lb (116,000 kg) for maximal range performance; [61] [137] when fully loaded, the aircraft can fly up to 3,150 nautical miles (5,830 km; 3,620 mi). [137] Because the freighter does not carry any passengers, it can operate transatlantic flights free of ETOPS restrictions.
Former President Donald Trump in 2022 called "fake news" reports that his private 757 aircraft was 'mothballed' at a New York state airfield. In 2022, Trump denied his 757 plane, Trump Airforce ...
The Vickers Vernon, introduced in 1921, was the first cargo plane for military troops The Arado Ar 232, the first purpose built cargo aircraft A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the archetypal military transport aircraft, over the Atlantic Ocean in 2014 The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the heaviest cargo aircraft