RNZAF Piper Sergeant Murray Mansfield plays a lament during the ceremony of Beating Retreat. (OH-08-0194-04-tn).
A Wellington reception hosted by Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott on Tuesday 1 April as part of the Air Force’s 71st anniversary celebrations.
The reception, attended by the Governor General Anand Satyanand, the Secretary of Defence John McKinnon, Chief of Defence Force LT GEN Jerry Mateparae, representatives of organisations who support the RNZAF and Service personnel, was held at the National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa.
The formal reception included the ceremony of Beat Retreat comprising a guard from Base Ohakea, the Central Band of the RNZAF, and the RNZAF Maori Cultural Group. The birthday was also celebrated at RNZAF Bases.
CAF AVM G Lintott hosts the Governor General Anand Satyanand at the Air Force’s 71st birthday celebrations at Te Papa. (OH-08-0194-02-tn).
A memorial service was held at 2.00pm on Sunday 30 March at the Wellington Cathedral where the RNZAF Queen’s Colour and the Standards of No. 3,5,40 and 42 Squadrons are to be paraded.
Base Auckland had members of the public and construction workers watching as they marched proudly down Queen Street to the rousing beat of the Base Auckland Band. The Charter Parade was led by parade commander WGCDR Johan Bosch and reviewed by his Worship the Mayor of Auckland, John Banks.