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New leadership team for NZ Army’s signals, intelligence and electronic warfare unit
Twenty years after enlisting, Lieutenant Colonel Emily Hume has taken the reins of the New Zealand Army’s largest unit - responsible for command, control, electronic warfare and intelligence for overseas deployments.
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Chief of Army pays tribute to fallen soldier Lieutenant Colonel Oiroa Kaihau
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Four RNZAF C-130H Hercules aircraft sold to US aerial firefighting company
The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) retired fleet of C-130H Hercules aircraft has been sold to an American aerial firefighting company for $9 million.
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Anzac Day Flypasts 2025
Royal New Zealand Air Force squadrons will be conducting flypasts around the country on Friday, 25 April 2025 to commemorate Anzac Day.
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A song of ice and a firefighter
“I’m going to have to call you back in about 10 minutes, we’ve just got an emperor penguin on the runway that we have to shoo away.”
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Auckland aviator awestruck by Antarctica as RNZAF continues aerial support to ice
The Antarctic conditions can be bearable at the height of the summer season, but when Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Flight Lieutenant Carter Bland arrived on a supply flight in the dying days of winter the -40°C temperature was excruciating.
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Great Grandparents serve as inspiration for Manurewa aviator
Growing up in Manurewa, South Auckland Aircraftman Lennox Manukia, 19, choose a career in the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) after being inspired by his great grandparents.
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Readiness, activation and response – when rehearsal turns into reality
The readiness of the New Zealand Defence Force’s High Readiness Platoon Group (HRPG) was genuinely tested last week with the activation of a short-notice deployment to the Middle East.
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Air Force Veteran thrown into Gulf War in first few months of service
Wing Commander Paul Cockerton
Current role: Commanding Officer Maintenance Wing Base Auckland
Length of service: 32 years combined RAF and RNZAF service (RAF 27 Feb 1989 – 30 April 2006, and RNZAF 05 May 2006 to present). -
New Plymouth woman swaps hospo for hootchies and hot spots
New Plymouth-born Kelsey May has traded in the heat of hospitality for the world of juggling logistics as she embarks on a new career in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).