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In this issue of Air Force News take in our airdropping exercise, catch up on support we are giving to Ukraine, check out the impressive number of flights that left from Harewood terminal for Antarctica this season and see our new Heritage Flight take to the skies.
In the April special issue of Air Force News we celebrate 85 years of Air Force service. We speak with present and former personnel whose stories span the past eight decades. We also pay tribute to just some of the special aircraft that have played a central role in our history and continue to engage in a crucial role in today’s military operations.
In the March issue of Air Force News take in views from No. 3 Squadron’s mountain flying exercise, read an in-depth feature on our response to the Tonga disaster, meet the new Warrant Officer of the Air Force and find out how to fight a fire you can’t see.
The first Air Force News of 2022. In this issue, we ask our future leaders what they think their role will look like in 20 years. Their foresight gives a sneak peek into what the Air Force could look like in a couple of decades’ time.
In this issue read about our newest Airman of the Year; an Orion on UN sanction flights in the coast off North Korea; a rare counter-terrorism training on board the InterIsland ferry; and what milestone was reached in our NH90 fleet.
In this issue read about our Air Force parachute instructors in the jump zone, doing the mahi in the Pacific, No. 5 Squadron hunting submarines on exercise and training with New Zealand Police.
In this issue read about the journey of our longest serving woman in the Air Force, find out why our sudden deployment to Afghanistan was a mission success, wade into the flood waters with Whenuapai personnel and check out an Air Force lawyer in the thick of drug seizures in the Middle East.
Read about the bravery involved in rescuing evacuees from Taliban-led Afghanistan, farewell the first P-3K2 to retire in Woodbourne, take a look at how our personnel drove through major flooding to rescue stranded people, and see our helicopters help our friends in agencies around the country.
The August issue of Air Force News has hit the shelves. Read about our C-130 crew’s dramatic medical evacuation of a patient from Antarctica, catch up on our No. 5 Squadron team in Florida teach their US instructors how to conduct a real life SAR operation, see our Hercules avoid a surface-to-air missile and celebrate Matariki with our people.
In the July Air Force News see what it takes for our aircrew to take on tactical night flying, read how No. 3 Squadron put in the mahi during recent floods in Canterbury, celebrate our work in the Pacific for the past 20 years and take a look at the new kit our security forces have been trialling.