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No. 40 Squadron RNZAF Active June 1943 – October 1947 December 1954 – present Country New Zealand Branch Royal New Zealand Air Force Role Strategic and Tactical Air Transport Garrison/HQ RNZAF Base Auckland Motto(s) Maori: Ki nga hau e wha English: To the four winds Mascot(s) Mariners compass star Anniversaries 1 June Equipment Boeing 757, C-130J Super Hercules Engagements World War II ...
Obsolete, no longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, or the Royal New Zealand Navy. Carried by the A-4G and A-4K Skyhawk aircraft, SH-2F Seasprite and SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters. AGM-119B Penguin Missile: AGM-119 Penguin Mk 2 Mod 7: Norway: Air-to-surface anti-ship missile: 2013–Current
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 United States has Air Force One, a plane that can refuel in midair and act as a presidential command center. New Zealand has Betty, an aging Boeing 757 that officials on Monday acknowledged ...
An Air New Zealand plane was sent to pick up Prime Minister ... New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon alights from a Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft. ... a Boeing 757 that is more than ...
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:
In 2009, the Royal New Zealand Air Force flew one of its 757 Combis to Antarctica for the first time. Royal New Zealand Air Force 757 Combi – The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) operates two 757s converted to 757-200M standard by ST Aerospace Services for delivering equipment, medical evacuation, troop movements, and VIP transport.
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.