Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)

air museums

First RNZAF C-130H heads to museum after fleet retired

3rd March 2025

The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) 40 Squadron flew Lockheed C-130H(NZ) Hercules NZ7001 to the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Wigram, outside Christchurch, on February 19, 2025.

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

RNZAF welcomes its first C-130J Hercules

18th September 2024

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has officially received its first C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft, the first of a batch that will replace the current C-130H(NZ) fleet.

Lockheed

RNZAF Orion back together at Wigram

2nd May 2024

At Wigram, near Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand, the Air Force Museum of New Zealand’s Lockheed P-3K2 Orion, NZ4203, has been reassembled following its 283-mile move by road from RNZAF Base Woodbourne during September 2023.

de Havilland Mosquito

Mosquito T43 flies at Ardmore

12th April 2024

On 18 March, former Royal New Zealand Air Force de Havilland Mosquito T43 NZ2308 — the fourth Mosquito to emerge from the Avspecs workshops at Ardmore, Auckland — took to the air with leading American warbird pilot Steve Hinton at the controls.

Kaman SH-2 Super Seasprite

New Zealand considers axing Super Seasprite helicopter fleet

27th February 2024

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is reportedly considering a move to axe its eight-strong fleet of SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite multi-role maritime helicopters as part of a 6.5% cut in defence spending – equivalent to NZ$150m (US$91.23m) – that has been requested by the New Zealand government

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin rolls out first C-130J-30 for New Zealand

16th February 2024

Lockheed Martin formally rolled out the first of five C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical transports for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) at its production facility in Marietta, Georgia, on February 15

North American P-51 Mustang

Un P-51 sale de su antigua base 66 años después

30th November 2023

El Mustang de la Real Fuerza Aérea de Nueva Zelanda realiza su primer vuelo tras la restauración

North American P-51 Mustang

P-51 airborne from its old base, 66 years on

30th November 2023

Ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force Mustang makes maiden post-restoration flight

Aeroplane September 2023

La llegada de Vincent acelera la restauración del ñu de NZ

6th August 2023

Los biplanos Vickers se reúnen en el hangar de restauración del museo de la RNZAF

Aeroplane September 2023

Vincent arrival accelerates NZ Vildebeest restoration

6th August 2023

Vickers biplanes come together in RNZAF museum restoration hangar

Aircraft Deliveries

New Zealand declares Poseidon fleet operational as final aircraft arrives

24th July 2023

The Royal New Zealand Air Force declared its newly acquired Boeing P-8A Poseidon fleet operational on July 1, just weeks before the air arm welcomed its fourth and final example of the US-built maritime patrol aircraft to RNZAF Base Ohakea, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, on July 17

Aircraft Deliveries

Nueva Zelanda declara operativa la flota Poseidon con la llegada del último avión

24th July 2023

El 1 de julio, la Real Fuerza Aérea de Nueva Zelanda (RNZAF) declaró operativa su flota de Boeing P-8A Poseidon recientemente adquirida, apenas unas semanas antes de que el 17 de julio la fuerza aérea diera la bienvenida a su cuarto y último ejemplar del avión de patrulla marítima (MPA) de fabricación estadounidense en la base Ohakea de la RNZAF, cerca de Palmerston North, en Manawatu.

Aircraft Deliveries

Nueva Zelanda recibe el tercer P-8A Poseidon

6th June 2023

La Real Fuerza Aérea de Nueva Zelanda (RNZAF) dio la bienvenida el 19 de mayo al tercero de los cuatro aviones de patrulla marítima Boeing P-8A Poseidon a la base Ohakea de la RNZAF, cerca de Palmerston North, en el Manawatu.

Aircraft Deliveries

New Zealand receives third P-8A Poseidon

6th June 2023

The Royal New Zealand Air Force welcomed the third of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to RNZAF Base Ohakea, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu, on May 19

Harvard

El neozelandés Harvard, en el aire tras 65 años

11th April 2023

Entrenador de guerra restaurado con los colores originales de la RNZAF en Wanaka

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