The Royal New Zealand Air Force was able to locate a missing vessel near Manihiki (Cook Islands) last night, enabling rescue of a man and a six-year-old boy on board. The pair, who had been missing since 7 June, were rescued after the Orion crew coordinated a rendezvous with local sea vessels at night using […]
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has won top honours in the military section of the Aerospace Maintenance Competition held in Miami Beach, Florida, between 13-16 April. The competition consists of 20 separate skill challenges, two of which the RNZAF team won outright – the electrical distribution and the fibre optic fault finding tests. […]
For the first time in history, five women will parade the Queen’s Colour at the RNZAF’s 78th anniversary service in Wellington today. Chief of Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Mike Yardley says: “This is a first-time occurrence for our organisation – and it’s just one of the ways we’re consciously building and defining the RNZAF […]
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2 Orion aircraft has successfully located a yacht in distress approximately 1200Nm NE of NZ and 600Nm south of Rarotonga. Responding to a distress signal picked up by the Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand (RCCNZ), the P-3K2 Orion and crew from No 5 Squadron at Whenuapai, Auckland […]