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By GAVIN CONROY 14th March 2019

… 1946, but a different air arm now entered the story. The RNZAF had shown considerable interest in the capabilities of … was one of the last to leave Britain, arriving at RNZAF Base Ohakea on 5 April 1948 in the hands of an RAF/RNZAF crew. It …

20th September 2018

… NEWS Australasia THE ROYAL New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) will receive a flight simulator from Canadian company … purchase and installation of the simulator at RNZAF Base Ohakea at a cost of NZ$2.73m (US$28.42m). The new facility is …

By Dave Allport 19th July 2018

… had been certified for Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) use. The aircraft are replacing the current No 42 … reported, the first of the new aircraft arrived at RNZAF Base Ohakea on March 24 – see First new RNZAF King Air 350 …

15th November 2018

… Squadron, the Thunderbirds, 57th Wing, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, engaged in a routine aerial demonstration … Texan II S: NZ1402 Flying a night training sortie from RNZAF Base Ohakea, this Texan II trainer had a technical malfunction and …

20th September 2018

… Force T-38C Talon during a sortie from Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, last November 20 (see Attrition , January 2018, … but did not specify if the aircraft had been damaged. RNZAF Historic Flight AT-6C Harvard IIA NZ1015/(ZK-RNZ) after its belly landing near RNZAF Base Ohakea. RNZAF Abbreviations: D: Date N/U: Nationality/Units …

13th September 2018

… and Unterofizier Kuchinko. The only other aircraft on the base were three Fieseler Fi 156 Storches. It appears that … before the aircraft made an emergency landing at RNZAF Ohakea, George wonders if the canopy was retrieved, or does …

16th August 2018

… Lockheed P-3K2 Orions which, operated by No.5 Squadron at RNZAF Base Auckland, are expected to end their operational lives in … be delivered from 2023 and be operated from RNZAF Base Ohakea. An order by South Korea is reportedly for six …

16th August 2018

… Poseidon to replace the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF’s) P-3K2 Orion maritime patrol aircraft. The New … fleet of six P-3K2s operated by No 5 Squadron at RNZAF Base Auckland. The Orions have served since the 1960s and the … from 2023. No 5 Squadron will move from Whenuapai to Ohakea to operate the new aircraft. The government will also …

13th September 2018

… importance to both sides, in that they provided a base for Japanese forces to threaten New Zealand and … initially to be used for maritime patrol, replacing the RNZAF’s antiquated Vickers Vincent biplanes. However, the air … NZ2504 and NZ2527 in use with No 42 Squadron, RNZAF, at Ohakea. VIA MATTHEW WILLIS Avenger ECM6B XB446 on a sortie …

19th April 2018

… VH-ZPE, the first of four examples being leased to the RNZAF under the Aircrew Training Capability programme, has been delivered. The aircraft arrived at RNZAF Base Ohakea on March 24 – it had first been ferried from the US to …

19th April 2018

… aircraft being leased to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) under the Aircrew Training Capability programme has … VH-ZPE (c/n FL-1017, ex N817AP), arrived at RNZAF Base Ohakea on March 24. It had first been ferried from the US to …

2nd August 2018

… with No 5 Squadron in 2023. It will shift operations from RNZAF Base Whenuapai to RNZAF Base Ohakea, near Manawatu. The government also plans to consider …

By Nigel Pittaway 28th June 2018

… 101st Special Flying Unit and based at Dhaka-Kurmitola Air Base. In May, 2012, a US Defense Security Co-operation Agency … number of older King Air 200s in the role, based at RNZAF Base Ohakea with No.42 Squadron. Like their predecessors, the new …

By SQN LDR BILL TURNILL 9th November 2017

… and next morning we took off for Offutt Air Force Base, close to Omaha, Nebraska. As our undercarriage locked … seen. The final leg to Royal New Zealand Air Force Base Ohakea was uneventful, but the ‘land of the long white cloud’ … New Zealand Air Force A-4K Skyhawks from No 75 Squadron. RNZAF ”I had an attack of amnesia about the snags, …

15th June 2017

… THE ROYAL New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has lifted flying limitations on its NH90 fleet, the … single engine failure on April 16 while returning to RNZAF Base Ohakea. The Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Tony Davies, …