Results 661-670 of 1907
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Retirement begins for fleet workhorse
After nearly sixty years, one of our C-130H Hercules aircraft gets a well-deserved retirement.
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Cyclone: NZDF across the regions
The New Zealand Defence continues to work alongside North Island Regional Emergency Management in responding to the effects of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Air Force connects cut-off communities
Rescues, transport and supplies – the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the air and on the ground.
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Army skills behind creation of distribution hub
A former Army Warrant Officer used her supply and relationship-building skills to grow what is now the Hastings-based Regional Distribution Hub for the Hawke’s Bay disaster relief effort.
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Boeing P-8A Poseidon
New Zealand’s Airborne Surveillance and Response Force (ASRF) is provided by No. 5 Squadron. With the retirement of the Lockheed P-3K2 Orion aircraft in early 2023, our Air Force will be equipped with four Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
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Local Army Reserve Force soldiers rescue Esk Valley residents from raging floodwaters
Hearing people trapped on rooftops screaming for help in the darkness as floodwaters surged around their homes is something Corporal Storm Harrison will never forget.
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Linton transport unit thrown in Gabrielle deep end
One minute Major Timothy Cocks was sitting down to watch television with his family in Manawatu. The next he was driving towards Hawke’s Bay, ready to respond to the destruction wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Operation Enduring Freedom
On this day 20 years ago HMNZS Te Kaha returned from a mission that had effectively put the ship on a war footing. Former Commanding Officer, Rear Admiral John Martin, discusses our Navy’s contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom.
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NZDF delivers school books during military exercise in Fiji
Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter crews have delivered nearly two tonnes books and school supplies to schools in the Yasawa group of islands in Fiji.
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PFAS
PFAS stands for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances. These are a group of chemicals that have been widely used since the 1950s in a variety of household and industrial products to enhance resistance to heat, stains, grease and water. They have also been a component of firefighting foams that are applied to liquid fuel fires.