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By GRAHAM PITCHFORK 3rd December 2022

… Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). After a rest during a brief maintenance period, the … Eventually, McKinley was given permission to head for his base at Shawbury arriving 711/2 hours after leaving … a track of 2,873 miles at 20,000ft to the RNZAF base at Ohakea on New Zealand’s North Island. It arrived 59 hours, 50 …

By GRAHAM PITCHFORK 24th October 2022

… himself as an aggressive pilot, first with 485 Squadron RNZAF before transferring to another ‘Kiwi’ unit, the newly … flying instructor at the RNZAF pilot training school at Ohakea. He died in January 2015.   Wing formations When … and each pair was allocated one of the forts. A low cloud base thwarted some and the six Tempests returned to …

By GAVIN CONROY 11th June 2022

… It felt the type was worth having due to the success of RNZAF Mosquito aircrews during World War Two. TE910 was one … — with 66.30 flying hours to its credit — went to RNZAF Base Ohakea, its serial being changed to NZ2336. Soon it headed to …

By Andrew Brookes 10th April 2023

… yards (2,743m) in light rain plus 6 or 7/8ths cloud with a base of 700ft. Descending from 42,000ft, the Vulcan entered … 2/8ths cloud at 300ft, 7/8ths cloud at 700ft, main cloud base at 5,000ft, visibility 1,100 yards, heavy rain and …

By Khalem Chapman 8th January 2020

… The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has deployed three NHIndustries NH90 TTH medium-lift … the country’s ongoing bushfires. Travelling from RNZAF Base Ohakea, Palmerston North, New Zealand, the NH90s and NZDF …

By BRUCE HALES-DUTTON 13th August 2020

… this, the Andover’s tailplane was mounted below the base of the fin, rather than on the rear fuselage like the … in flight over Upper Waitemata Harbour and the old RNZAF Base Hobsonville in 1994, with the camouflaged NZ7621 … by both No 1 Squadron at Whenuapai and No 42 Squadron at Ohakea, superseding both Douglas C-47s and Bristol 170s. Two …

19th September 2019

… vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. ■ VP-5 Poseidon at Ohakea A US Navy P-8A from Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5) ‘Mad Foxes’ visited Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Ohakea on August 11. As well as conducting joint …

By Ben Dunnell 12th September 2019

… Aero Club, so I go back there as well. Taieri was then an RNZAF base, with Tiger Moths and Harvards training. I was there … as a basic trainer, and the Strikemaster. I was posted to Ohakea instructing on the Strikemaster and really enjoyed it. …

25th July 2019

… Zealand Air Force, which currently operates the P-3K2 from RNZAF Base Auckland (Whenuapai). The unit will relocate to RNZAF Base Ohakea by April 2023, ready to commence operations with the …

By Nigel Pittaway 25th July 2019

… replacements for the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) two Boeing 757-2K2C aircraft, Kaman SH-2G(I) Super … which are currently in Service with 40 Squadron at RNZAF Base Auckland (Whenuapai), under the Future Strategic Air … The King Airs are operated by 42 Squadron from RNZAF Base Ohakea. The DCP details: “The recently acquired King Air 350 …

1st August 2019

… also became a Canberra operator. Through the 1950s, the RNZAF had supported RAF operations in Malaya and, in August … to New Zealand in October 1959, for use by 14 Squadron at Ohakea on the North Island. The unit was formally … was hit by a Pakistani Stinger missile but returned to base despite the damage. Perumal won a gallantry award for …

28th June 2019

… ON THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, AS ANDREW THOMAS EXPLAINS The RNZAF Fighter Wing’s scoreboard at Ondonga in mid-November … Kittyhawkequipped Fighter Operational Training Unit at Ohakea on New Zealand’s South Island and, in the latter part … in action when it escorted bombers to attack the enemy base at Kahili on the island of Bougainville, at the extreme …

21st February 2019

… NEW Zealand government has scrapped a proposal to set up a base for Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-15SGs at Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea, citing excessive infrastructure costs. Under the … existing facilities that are already due to receive the RNZAF’s No 5 Squadron when it relocates from RNZAF Base …

By BRUCE HALES DUTTON 8th August 2019

… an early Dove adopter. Behind Mk1B G-AJOT at its Croydon base is Avro Anson I OO-APX of John Mahieu Aviation. … aircraft. NZ1813 served with No 42 Squadron at Ohakea, and was a communications platform with fittings for aerial photographic equipment. RNZAF INSIGHTS Handling “a nice little aeroplane” Devon C2 …

By Dave Allport 17th January 2019

… King Air 350i aircraft to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has been completed. The final example arrived at RNZAF Base Ohakea to join No 42 Squadron on November 19. The aircraft …