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New Zealand Defence Force Support to Vanuatu
The New Zealand Defence Force is providing assistance to Vanuatu following yesterday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake and is establishing an air bridge taking emergency workers, equipment and supplies to Port Vila.
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Hawke’s Bay pilot winging way to dream job with RNZAF
Hawke’s Bay’s Khan Coleman was bitten by the flying bug while working with helicopters on skifields and after earning top marks in his Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) pilot training course is on track to realise his dream career of flying them.
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From watching planes to earning his wings
He grew up watching military planes from Whenuapai Air Force base circling overhead his house on Auckland’s North Shore and dreamed of one day becoming a pilot.
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Surveillance, aid, responders and evacuees covered by RNZAF Vanuatu flights
Multiple Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) flights to Vanuatu this week have delivered emergency responders and tonnes of search and rescue equipment and aid, while 93 New Zealanders and approved foreign nationals have been evacuated.
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‘Nothing I have achieved has been an individual effort’ – former Navy chief and ONZM recipient
Former head of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Rear Admiral (Rtd) David Proctor admits he is a little uncomfortable with being named an Officer of The New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM).
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More Air Force flights supporting Vanuatu response
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules aircraft have carried out further flights as part of the New Zealand Government’s support to Vanuatu in the wake of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake which struck the Pacific nation on 17 December.
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Navy Officer finds maritime value in aviation degree
An aviation enthusiast and student pilot who became a sailor and then a Warfare Officer is now revisiting aviation through tertiary studies at Massey University.
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Former soldier now finding healing in the snow three decades after Mt Ruapehu tragedy
In August 1990 Sonny Tavake, NZBM, was one of 13 soldiers who set out on an alpine training course on Mt Ruapehu.
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Oamaru fencer loving the standards in NZ Army Reserve Force
Working as a fencer helped hammer in the physical and mental endurance Private Joel Parsons has needed while serving as an infantry soldier in the New Zealand Army Reserve Force.
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Rotorua student tops NZ Army Reserve Force recruit course
Rotorua’s Leo Schweizer simply wanted something useful to do during his holidays while at Otago University, so he enlisted in the New Zealand Army Reserve Force.