In 2024, the RNZAF welcomes the first of its five new C-130J “Super” Hercules. Crews are training on the J in the US.
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First Kiwi C-130J emerges in ‘air force grey’ + video
Aircrews train up as New Zealand’s first C-130J gets a paint job.
Air NZ to add electric postal aircraft to fleet in 2026 + video
Kiwi air carrier names BETA’s ALIA as the launch aircraft for its Mission Next Gen Aircraft program
Uncrewed aircraft fly safely in controlled airspace during NZ trials
Written by ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Pictures, video supplied. TRIAL test flights involving uncrewed aircraft flying Beyond Visual Line-Of-Sight (or BVLOS) in controlled airspace has just been completed in New Zealand. The test flights were conducted by an alliance of aviation companies and authorities, including Boeing, and announced to the media via a statement from the issuedContinue reading “Uncrewed aircraft fly safely in controlled airspace during NZ trials”
Kiwi Poseidon finds Fiji fishing boat; crew saved
RNZAF P-8 called to find missing Fijian fishing boat.
RNZAF to run 16 flights to Antarctica over summer
RNZAF to run supply services to the frozen south.
NZ’s Little Rock team settles in at … well … Little Rock
RNZAF crews and families have settled in to their US base for training on their new Super Hercules
Asian carriers returning to Christchurch this Kiwi summer
China Southern Airlines reported more than 250% growth in passengers on Guangzhou-Christchurch service in three years.
RNZAF’s new Poseidons operational, eyes Fiji ‘staging post’ for patrols
RNZAF 5 Squadron keen to keep its historical connection with Fiji.
3. Whatever became of the RNZAF’s Dallas 30?
What became of the Mustangs that were shipped to New Zealand in 1945?