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//  Exercise KAKADU 10

The 5 SQN Detachment at RAAF Base Darwin during Ex KAKADU 10.

Exercise KAKADU 10 draws to a close after 19 days.  A combined, Australian Defence Force-led coalition maritime exercise, the objective was to develop inter-operability of Air and Naval Forces.

A No. 5 Squadron detachment comprising one P-3K Orion aircraft, two crews, plus maintenance and support capabilities deployed to Darwin to take part in the exercise.

// News

Exercise High Explosive
Over five brisk days, Kaipara became a war zone. No. 5 Squadron’s P-3K Orion dropped 30 practice bombs and 8,000 lbs of High Explosive (HE) bombs on the sands of Kaipara Air Weapons Range.

Combat Airdrop in Afghanistan
The New Zealand Defence Force is one of many armed forces and other organisations that contribute to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

Return home of LT Tim O'Donnell - Release 10
The New Zealand Army officer killed in action in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Tim O’Donnell, will be returned to his family at Ohakea Air Force Base aboard a Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft.

// Aircraft

P-3k2 Orion progress report updated
The arrival back to New Zealand of the second modified Boeing 757.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter.
NH90 Helicopter

// Gallery

New Download of a NH-90 Helicopter model for Microsoft flight simulator.

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// Feature Stories

Sir Keith Park Statue to be Unveiled in London
A permanent bronze statue of New Zealander Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park will be unveiled at a formal ceremony in London on 15 September.

RNZAF’s UOS Students
At the start of the last university year, five keen Royal New Zealand Air Force UOS students piled out of the Iroquois and onto the Massey Campus for the official launch.

New RNZAF Air Ambulance
The RNZAF is developing an Aero-medical Evacuation air ambulance capability to enable patients to be transferred safely around the world in its Boeing 757 aircraft.

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