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Inside this issue we cover everything you need to know about the Chief of Air Force’s Plan Astra, find out about the P-8A Poseidon’s surveillance flights around the Pitcairn Islands, catch up on the Hercules’ tactical flying exercise, and join our firefighters as they turn up the heat during live fire training. And there is so much more. Enjoy!
In the March issue of Air Force News take in views from No. 3 Squadron’s mountain flying exercise, read an in-depth feature on our response to the Tonga disaster, meet the new Warrant Officer of the Air Force and find out how to fight a fire you can’t see.
The August issue of Air Force News has hit the shelves. Read about our C-130 crew’s dramatic medical evacuation of a patient from Antarctica, catch up on our No. 5 Squadron team in Florida teach their US instructors how to conduct a real life SAR operation, see our Hercules avoid a surface-to-air missile and celebrate Matariki with our people.
In this March issue of Air Force News we are introduced to the Air Force’s new Māori Cultural Adviser. Amongst the pages we also check out the mahi to help give kiwi a boost, take a flight with an NH90 helicopter crew as they deliver koha to schools that did it tough after Cyclone Gabrielle, and meet our C-130J team who are training in the United States to fly our newest fleet.
In this issue of Air Force News check out No. 3 Squadron crews training with New Zealand Police on an armed response, take in our Communications teamwork in the field, meet the Air Force’s Māori Cultural Advisor and keep celebrating our 85th anniversary with a salute to No. 5 Squadron’s air ordnance team.
Disaster has struck with the first Air Force News issue of the year. The issue is dedicated to a scenario of what happens during our immediate response to a tropical cyclone devastating a Pacific Island. It takes you on a 24-hour journey from the first planning meetings, to the Orion surveillance flight of the island and ending with a Hercules lifting off with a plane-load of immediate disaster aid – and every step in between. Take a behind-the-scenes look at how the Air Force jumps to action to ensure the delivery of much-needed aid reaches the people who need it most.
The first Air Force News of 2022. In this issue, we ask our future leaders what they think their role will look like in 20 years. Their foresight gives a sneak peek into what the Air Force could look like in a couple of decades’ time.
In the July Air Force News see what it takes for our aircrew to take on tactical night flying, read how No. 3 Squadron put in the mahi during recent floods in Canterbury, celebrate our work in the Pacific for the past 20 years and take a look at the new kit our security forces have been trialling.
In this issue of Air Force News read about the impact our ground crews have had in a major exercise in Australia, Pacific fisheries patrols by No. 5 Squadron, the Air Force response after the Marlborough floods, our NH90 helicopters working with New Zealand Army snipers and much more.
April’s Air Force News has hit the shelves. We delve into the workforce behind our Cyclone Gabrielle response, E-Scooters debut at Base Ohakea, our Seasprites take on low-level mountain flying and much more.