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Obsolete, no longer in service with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, or the Royal New Zealand Navy. Carried by the A-4G and A-4K Skyhawk aircraft, SH-2F Seasprite and SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopters. AGM-119B Penguin Missile: AGM-119 Penguin Mk 2 Mod 7: Norway: Air-to-surface anti-ship missile: 2013–Current
14 Squadron RNZAF is a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.In 2015 the squadron was re-raised and equipped with 11 Beechcraft T-6 Texan II.A new aerobatic display team called the Black Falcons was also formed using the new aircraft.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Māori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force.It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 April 1937.
A former United States Navy A4 Skyhawk on loan to the RNZAF Museum. It is displayed in the early RNZAF Colour Scheme at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. In May 2001 the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand decided to disband the Royal New Zealand Air Force's air combat force by withdrawing its Douglas A-4K Skyhawk fighter aircraft and Aermacchi MB-339 trainers without replacement. [1]
The RNZAF purchased the three first ever, H model Hercules (NZ 7001, NZ 7002, NZ 7003) from the US in April 1965 and then another two aircraft (NZ 7004, and NZ 7005) in 1968. Since 2024 three Hercules aircraft have been withdrawn from service and replaced by the new C-130J-30 Super Hercules. [2] A 40 Squadron Hercules on a visit to Australia in ...
3 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force staffed mainly by New ... present squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. ... – postwar Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) unit ...
In 2018 the RNZAF leased four King Air 350 aircraft to replace the King Air 200 aircraft operated by No.42 Squadron, with the first aircraft arriving at Ohakea in April 2018. [ 2 ] In July 2020, New Zealand Minister of Defence Ron Mark welcomed the delivery of the fourth and final King Air 350 to Ohakea, bringing No.42 Squadron back up to full ...
The New Zealand Government announced the purchase of 11 T-6Cs for the Royal New Zealand Air Force for NZ$154 million, on 27 January 2014 to replace the PAC CT/4 Airtrainer, with all aircraft delivered by February 2015. The first training course using the type began early 2016.