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By Barry Ambrose 26th June 2023

… of change and fleet recapitalisation, Barry Ambrose visits RNZAF Base Auckland to discover how New Zealand is working to … the case, as all four aircraft will be based at RNZAF Base Ohakea , near Palmerston North. New Zealand’s first P-8A …

By Tony Harmsworth 30th November 2023

… post-restoration flight On 11 November at RNZAF Base Ohakea in New Zealand’s North Island, the Biggin Hill Trust’s …

By Jim Winchester 28th March 2023

… Two of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF’s) four sensor pod-equipped Beechcraft King Air 350i … NZ2351 and NZ2352) are operated by No 42 Squadron at RNZAF Base Ohakea , near Palmerston North on New Zealand's North Island, …

By Joe Campion 9th November 2022

… the latter part of October at Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Ohakea displaying the capabilities of the Boeing P-8A …

By GAVIN CONROY 1st March 2024

… the end of World War Two the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) was looking to replace the 424 Vought Corsairs it had … to a variety of duties. NZ2423 served exclusively at Ohakea with the TAF’s No 2 Squadron before being allocated to … with NZ2423’s original metalwork extant around its base. The cockpit side windows and windscreen needed …

By Ben Dunnell 30th November 2023

… been named the Biggin Hill Historic Aircraft Centre at RNZAF Base Ohakea, in the south-west of New Zealand’s North Island. And …

By Khalem Chapman 24th July 2023

… The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) declared its newly acquired Boeing P-8A Poseidon fleet … of the US-built maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) to RNZAF Base Ohakea, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, on July 17. …

By Khalem Chapman 6th June 2023

… The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) welcomed the third of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to RNZAF Base Ohakea , near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, on May 19. …

By Joe Campion 26th January 2023

…   P-3K2 Orions departed Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Auckland in Whenaupai for a formation flight over the … Waikat and Whangārei, with close formation flypasts over Ohakea, Wellington and Auckland harbours. Serving since its …

By Tom Kaminski 22nd April 2023

… Indian Naval Air Squadron INAS-312 at INS Rajali Naval Air Base, Arakkonam, operations from INS Naval Air Base Hansa, … the 155th P-8 delivery, the aircraft arrived at RNZAF Base Ohakea near Butts on December 13. Delivery of New Zealand’s …

By JOHN LANHAM 1st January 2023

… restoration as the centrepiece of a great project — an RNZAF Memorial Museum, to be formally opened during 1987, on … RNZAF that October. It was painstakingly restored at RNZAF Base Ohakea by a dedicated team of tradesmen, in the gleaming …

By Khalem Chapman 20th December 2022

… in January will leave the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) with a limited capacity to carry out search and rescue … – the first of which (serial NZ4801) arrived at RNZAF Base Ohakea, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, on December …

By Khalem Chapman 9th December 2022

… patrol aircraft (MPA) to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during a ceremony at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, … first Poseidon (serial NZ4801) will be stationed at RNZAF Base Ohakea – located 25km northwest of Palmerston North in the …

By Tim Fish 4th January 2023

… Air Force (RAAF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) are in the process of transition. Procurement … were assigned to No 75 Squadron operating out of RAAF Base Tindal in its Northern Territory to cover the northern … No. 5 Squadron will relocated from Base Auckland to Base Ohakea when the P-8As arrive – a new facility and hangar is …

By Ben Dunnell 31st October 2022

… I was on No 170 Pilots’ Course. I was lucky because the RNZAF was one of the last militaries to use the Harvard as a … lost on a good day. It was overcast, maybe a 200-300ft base. “We were flying around the coast, and just by chance I … lucky strokes. Our first big show was an air pageant at Ohakea in 1981.” Otherwise, it was the trusty UH-1 nearly all …