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No. 6 Squadron RNZAF is a maritime squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.It has a history going back to World War II, when it operated flying boats, and has been disbanded and re-formed several times through changes in the country's military structure.
Formerly Reconnaissance / Flying Boat 6 Squadron: XX Shipboard Helicopter: Kaman SH-2G(NZ) Seasprite: Formerly Army Co-operation / Flying Boat 14 Squadron: HQ & AZ Primary and Advanced Trainer: Beechcraft T-6 Texan II: Aircraft shared with Central Flying School 40 Squadron: Transport: Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules and Boeing 757-200: 42 ...
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 ...
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.
The New Zealand government had purchased 16 Short Sunderland MR5 flying boats as part of its first major postwar purchase of aircraft for the RNZAF. [42] These were to replace the Catalinas of No. 5 Squadron and the arrival of the first two Sunderlands at Laucala Bay on 13 June 1953 began the phasing out of the older aircraft.
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 757-300's interior later became an option on all new 757-200s. [120] In 2000, with wheeled carry-on baggage becoming more popular, Delta Air Lines began installing overhead bin extensions on their 757-200s to provide additional storage space, [121] and American Airlines did the same in 2001. [122]
RNZAF Base Auckland is a Royal New Zealand Air Force base located near the upper reaches of the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. The base formerly comprised two separate airfields, Whenuapai and RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Hobsonville was established as a seaplane station in 1928 and was the RNZAF's primary flying boat base in New ...