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Captured enemy fighter aircraft. 1945 1945 One was captured in Bougainville Island in 1945. Flown by RNZAF pilots, shipped back to New Zealand. The aircraft is on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. NZ6000, INST113 Mitsubishi MU-2: 4 Japan: 2009 Used as an instructional airframes 0222G - 0225G NHIndustries NH90: 8 NATO
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.
A former United States Navy A4 Skyhawk on loan to the RNZAF Museum. It is displayed in the early RNZAF Colour Scheme at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. In May 2001 the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand decided to disband the Royal New Zealand Air Force's air combat force by withdrawing its Douglas A-4K Skyhawk fighter aircraft and Aermacchi MB-339 trainers without replacement. [1]
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.
14 Squadron RNZAF is a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.In 2015 the squadron was re-raised and equipped with 11 Beechcraft T-6 Texan II.A new aerobatic display team called the Black Falcons was also formed using the new aircraft.
No. 30 Squadron RNZAF - Reserve Fighter Bomber / Dive Bomber; No. 31 Squadron RNZAF - Reserve Fighter Bomber / Dive Bomber; No. 41 Squadron RNZAF - Code "SG" Reserve Light Bomber / Transport; No. 43 Squadron RNZAF – Reserve Light Bomber; No. 44 Squadron RNZAF - Reserve Light Bomber; No. 51 Squadron RNZAF – postwar Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA ...
No. 486 Squadron was formed on 3 March 1942 at RAF Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, and was the second New Zealand squadron in Fighter Command. [4] [Note 1] The squadron's motto, in Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand, was Hiwa hau Maka, or Beware of the Wild Winds in English. A kea volant was selected as its badge. [6]
Developed as a fighter interceptor, the North American P-51 Mustang was widely used during the Second World War. New Zealand ordered 130 Mustangs in early 1945 but the first 30 of these were placed in storage when they arrived in the country later in the year due to the end of the war. The remainder of the order was cancelled.